LOCH ERIN FACT SHEET
Loch Erin Facts
compiled by Don Stocker
PHYSICAL DATA
Loch Erin is a private, man-made, all-sports lake situated in Cambridge and Franklin Townships of Lenawee County.
Inlets: Wolf, Onsted, Geddes, and other smaller creeks and several springs.
Legal lake level: 926.0 feet above mean sea level controlled by outflow
structures on Wolf Creek outlet
Lake surface area: 602 acres
Approximate depth: 7.5 feet
Approximate lake volume: 4515 acre-feet
Lake shape factor: 3.25
Watershed area: 8,771 acres
Approx. maximum depth: 13 feet
Shoreline length: 11.2 miles
LAKE WATER QUALITY
Lake water sampling by lake management consultants from 1986 through 1994
showed fairly consistent results - relatively good quality.
* Water is safe for swimming and all other water-based activities
* Cloudy appearance of water is due primarily to dissolved solids (from clay soils). If water were clear in a
lake this shallow and nutrient-rich, aquatic weeds would be a major problem - thus some cloudiness is an
advantage for Loch Erin. * Lake warms rather quickly in spring due to shallowness and cloudiness of water
and summer water temperatures may exceed 80o F. Shallow depths prevent formation of a thermocline - so
water temperature does not vary much with depth.
* Oxygen levels in lake are acceptable year round - no evidence of winter fish kills.
FISH
1992 Questionnaire to membership listed fish caught, in decreasing order of abundance as Carp, Bluegill,
Crappie, Sunfish, Bass, Bullhead, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, and Walleye. Professional fish census in 1993
listed fish collected, in decreasing order of abundance as White Crappie, Bluegill, Bullhead, Carp, Bass,
Walleye, Perch, Pike, Green Sunfish.
Stunted White Crappie control efforts by trapping and removal were initiated in 1994.
Seedings of predator fish is continuing, in large enough sizes to be effective.
MANAGEMENT
LEPOA through an Executive Board and its Committees maintains the parks, boat ramp, docks, water ski
course, and oversees building and other restrictions. It monitors lake water quality and it also monitors and
stocks fish. LEPOA works with the agencies mentioned below and others to protect values and enforce laws
and regulations as deemed necessary. Townships issue building permits for plans approved by LEPOA.
Lenawee County Sheriffs patrol lake and roads. MDNR enforces fishing and hunting regulations. MDNR
permits are required for alterations to lake bottom, shore, or flood plain.
General Areas of Board Jurisdiction:
Maintain and improve the LEPOA parks
Monitor and caretake the water quality
Enforce the LEPOA By-Laws and Deed Restrictions
Inform and educate the LEPOA membership as best we can about keeping Loch Erin a safe, clean and productive community
Local Law Enforcement, Township and County Responsibilities:
(all phone numbers 517 area code unless otherwise specified)
Cambridge Township: 467-2104
- Taxes, ordinances, building permits, variances, zoning, land/weed control
Citizens Gas and Fuel: 265-2144
Consumer’s Power: 800-477-5050
Department of Natural Resources: 373-1170
- Hunting, fishing, shoreline, and water permits
Drain Commission: 264-4696
- Any sewer or drain problems
Franklin Township: 431-2320
- Taxes, ordinances, building permits, variances, zoning, land/weed control
Frontier Communications: (phone) 263-1808
Lenawee County Sheriff: Emergency 911; non-emergency 263-0524
- Trespass, reckless boating, driving (reckless or speeding), vandalism, etc.
Onsted Fire Department: Emergency 911; non-emergency 467-4618
REC Electric: 263-1808
Road Commission: 265-6971
- Road repair, shoulder work, culverts, mud clods on road, signs, etc.