Sanford Lake
Lake in Midland County, Michigan, United States of America / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sanford Lake was a man-made reservoir located in Midland County, Michigan, but is no longer present since the failure of the dam in May 2020. It was formed by the damming of the Tittabawassee River near the village of Sanford, Michigan. It was built for flood control and the production of hydroelectric power. The dam is owned and operated by the Four Lakes Task Force, a property owners' group that was established by the Midland and Gladwin County boards of commissioners to oversee the dams and the impoundment lakes created by them, who took over ownership as a condition of the settlement agreement that resulted from the condemnation proceedings with former dam owner, Boyce Hydro, LLC.[1]
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Sanford Lake | |
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Location | Sanford, Midland County, Michigan |
Coordinates | 43°42′N 84°23′W |
Type | Reservoir |
Primary inflows | Tittabawassee River |
Primary outflows | Tittabawassee River |
Catchment area | 20,971 acres (8,487 ha) |
First flooded | 1925 (1925) |
Max. length | 6 mi (9.7 km) |
Max. width | 0.5 mi (0.80 km) |
Surface area | 1,429 acres (578 ha) |
Average depth | 9.3 ft (2.8 m) |
Max. depth | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
Water volume | 13,899 acre⋅ft (17,144,000 m3) |
Shore length1 | 34.5 mi (55.5 km) |
Surface elevation | 631 ft (192 m) |
Frozen | Winter |
Settlements | Sanford |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |