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Pontiac Lake

Oakland County, Michigan · MI DNR bathymetric survey

34ft Max
depth

678 acres 7 contours Public access

Depth scale

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The lake

Survey readout

Measured from the Michigan DNR inland-lake contour survey.

Maximum depth: 34 ft
Surface area: 678 acres
Shoreline: 11.44 mi · irregular
Surveyed contours: 7 isobaths · 0–34 ft
Deepest soundings: 34 ft, 12 ft, 7 ft
Aquatic vegetation: 18% of surface · NAIP NDVI
Public access: Boat Launch · Rec Passport

Location

Oakland County, Michigan · tap a dot for that lake

Chart data

Provenance

All layers registered to one bounding box; positions in WGS 84.

Coordinates: 42.66845, -83.46648
MI DNR lake ID: L1630
Vertical exaggeration: 2.52×
Basemap: USDA NAIP · public domain
Model size: 2.5 MB

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Computed for this lake’s coordinates.

How this map was made

Real DNR depth soundings drape over USGS 3DEP elevation, with a USDA NAIP aerial basemap and OpenStreetMap shoreline. Colour shows surveyed depth; dark lines are the survey's own isobaths.

Sources: MI DNR inland lake contours, USGS 3DEP, USDA NAIP (public domain), OpenStreetMap (ODbL), MI DNR Boat Launches.

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Fishery

34Fish sampled

10Species

Gamefish

Largemouth Bass5 caught · to 17″

Channel Catfish5 caught · to 25″

Smallmouth Bass1 caught

Northern Pike1 caught

Panfish

Black Crappie15 caught

Green Sunfish1 caught

Bluegill1 caught

Pumpkinseed1 caught

Forage & nongame

White Sucker2 caught · to 15″

Golden Shiner2 caught

Stocking: Walleye fingerlings were stocked in 1990 at a rate of 217 per acre, in an attempt to increase predator abundance.

Length is the largest fish netted in the survey, not an angler record. Source: Michigan DNR Status of the Fishery Resource report (counts summed across survey years).

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