Tahquamenon Lake #2
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Tahquamenon Lake #2 is mapped to a depth of 30 ft on the Michigan DNR survey and covers about 8.1 acres in Luce County, Michigan.
Measured from the Michigan DNR inland-lake contour survey.
- Deepest mapped contour
- 30 ft
- Mean depth
- 14.3 ft · estimated
- Surface area
- 8.1 acres
- Estimated volume
- 115 acre-ft · 38M gal
- Shoreline
- 0.51 mi · round
- Aquatic vegetation
- 7% of surface · NDVI estimate
- Public access
- No public DNR launch identified
Additional depth details6 contours
- Contour depths
- 0–30 ft
- Recorded point soundings
- 30 ft
37.2% of the surface sits over water shallower than 10 ft; 30.6% is deeper than 20 ft. Depth, area and volume are estimated from the interpolated survey surface — historical reference, not measurement.
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Sources: MI DNR inland lake contours, USGS 3DEP, USDA NAIP (public domain), OpenStreetMap (ODbL), MI DNR Boat Launches.
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Map details & sources5 sources
All layers registered to one bounding box; positions in WGS 84.
Survey-derived depth contours 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.
- Coordinates
- 46.48983, -85.84414
- MI DNR lake ID
- L28872
- Vertical exaggeration
- 2.66×
- Basemap
- USDA NAIP · public domain
- Model size
- 0.4 MB
Paddling
Paddling Index methodology v1.0 · calculated 2026-08-21Tahquamenon Lake #2 has a heavily wooded and largely undeveloped setting, well sheltered geometry, little nearby major-road exposure. No special watercraft restriction is identified in the current source.
Why this score?5 components
Included in the index
| Component | Rating | Points of weight | Measurement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural setting | Excellent | 30.5 of 35 | 84% natural land cover within 150 m of shore (63% forest, 21% wetland; 0% developed) |
| Geometric wind exposure | Excellent | 29.4 of 29 | mean fetch 190 m · 100% of sampled water within 500 m of shelter · short fetch in most directions |
| Watercraft controls | None identified | 8.8 of 18 | No special watercraft restriction identified in the current DNR source. Motors permitted, subject to general law. |
| Public access | Not listed | — | No DNR-listed access site. Township, county and road-end launches are not in this source, so this is not evidence that access is poor — the component is excluded and the remaining weights are renormalized. |
| Road isolation | Excellent | 17.6 of 18 | relatively isolated from major roads · 0 MDOT-classified segments within 1.2 km |
Additional paddling considerations
These describe the lake but are not part of the v1 Paddling Index and do not change the number above.
- Wake sensitivity
- Moderate — narrow in places — wakes would carry across parts of the lake
- Aquatic vegetation
- Low — approximately 7% mapped coverage · NAIP aerial imagery (NDVI)
- Observed motorized activity
- Unknown — No lake-level measurement of boat traffic is available. Legal permission to operate motors is not evidence of use.
- Wildlife habitat potential
- High — 63% forest and 21% wetland cover within 150 m of shore
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Non-native species records
No non-native species recorded in the available dataset. This does not confirm that no non-native species are present.
Source: Midwest Glacial Lakes Partnership Conservation Planner; underlying nonindigenous species records from the USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database.
Tahquamenon Lake #2 — common questions
How deep is Tahquamenon Lake #2?
The deepest contour on the Michigan DNR bathymetric survey of Tahquamenon Lake #2 is 30 ft. That is the deepest depth the historical survey map records, which may differ from the deepest point of the lake itself.
How big is Tahquamenon Lake #2?
Tahquamenon Lake #2 covers about 8.1 acres in Luce County, Michigan.
What is the average depth of Tahquamenon Lake #2?
The estimated mean depth of Tahquamenon Lake #2 is 14.3 ft, calculated from the survey contours.
Is there public access to Tahquamenon Lake #2?
No public launch for Tahquamenon Lake #2 appears in the Michigan DNR access data. That is not the same as the lake being private -- municipal and private ramps are not in that source.
