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Thompson Lake

Livingston County, Michigan · MI DNR bathymetric survey
52ft Max
depth
263 acres 8 contours Public access
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Depth scale

The lake

Survey readout

Measured from the Michigan DNR inland-lake contour survey (depths read from the survey's isobath field; this lake's summary-depth column is blank in the source).

Maximum depth
52 ft
Surface area
263 acres
Shoreline
4.84 mi · irregular
Surveyed contours
8 isobaths · 0–52 ft
Deepest soundings
52 ft, 30 ft, 25 ft
Aquatic vegetation
5% of surface · NAIP NDVI
Public access
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Chart data

Provenance

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

Coordinates
42.61335, -83.91519
MI DNR lake ID
L11411
Vertical exaggeration
1.91×
Basemap
USDA NAIP · public domain
Model size
2.6 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

678Fish sampled
14Species

Gamefish

Largemouth Bass135 caught · to 19″
Northern Pike12 caught · to 34″
Bowfin7 caught · to 28″

Panfish

Bluegill335 caught · to 7″
Pumpkinseed54 caught · to 7″
Redear Sunfish18 caught · to 8″
Yellow Perch15 caught · to 13″
Warmouth9 caught · to 8″
Rock Bass4 caught · to 10″
Hybrid Sunfish3 caught · to 6″

Bullhead & catfish

Yellow Bullhead29 caught · to 13″

Forage & nongame

Bluntnose Minnow53 caught · to 2″
Golden Shiner2 caught · to 8″
White Sucker2 caught · to 21″
Stocking: As a condition of the court order, the Lake Board was required to stock 1,500-2,000 northern pike during drawdown years for reproductive losses attributed to lower water levels.
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).