Devils Lake (Michigan)

Devils Lake is the name of a few lakes in the U.S. state of Michigan.

Lenawee County
Devils Lake
Location of Devils Lake in Michigan, USA.
Location of Devils Lake in Michigan, USA.
Devils Lake
Location of Devils Lake in Michigan, USA.
Location of Devils Lake in Michigan, USA.
Devils Lake
LocationManitou Beach, Michigan
Coordinates41°58′51″N 84°18′39″W
TypeReservoir
Primary outflowsBean Creek
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area1,330 acres (5 km2) [1]
Max. depth63 ft (19 m) [1]
Surface elevation1,040 ft (317 m)[2]
SettlementsDevils Lake, Manitou Beach

The largest Devils Lake is in Lenawee County on the boundary between Woodstock Township and Rollin Township. The community of Devils Lake is on the northern end of the lake and Manitou Beach is at the southwest end. Together, the communities are part of a census-designated place named Manitou Beach–Devils Lake that encompasses the entire lake and the smaller Round Lake to the southeast. The lake drains into Bean Creek on the southwest, just north of Manitou Beach. Bean Creek flows into the village of Addison about two miles (3 km) to the west and continuing south, ultimately turns into the Tiffin River after crossing the Ohio state line.

Alpena County

In Alpena County, Devils Lake is a long and shallow marl and muck-bottomed lake on the North Branch of the Devils River within the Alpena State Forest. There is another, much smaller Devils Lake in Alpena County, on Long Lake Creek, about a dozen miles (19 km) to the northeast of the larger Devils Lake.

Others

There are two other much smaller lakes called Devils Lake in Michigan:

Devils Lake is also identified as a variant name for some other small lakes:

See also

References
  1. Miller, J.B., and Thompson, T., 1970. Compilation of data for Michigan lakes: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File-Report, 368 p.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Devils Lake (Leeward County)
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Devils Bowl Lake in Corwith Township
  4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Devils Bowl Lake in Watersmeet Township
  5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Devils Hollow Lake in Columbus Township
  6. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eden Lake
  7. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flint Park Lake
  8. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: List Lake in Elk Township
  • "Michigan DNR map of Devils Lake" (PDF). (548 KiB)
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