HydroLAKES lake · #8918
Elk Lake
Surface area
43,23km²
Avg depth
10,8m
Volume
466,45km³
Shoreline
58,1km
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- AntrimMichigan · United States22.25 km²51.4% of lake
- Grand TraverseMichigan · United States15.11 km²34.9% of lake
- KalkaskaMichigan · United States5.96 km²13.8% of lake
7 intersecting protected areas
State Forest
1.71 km² overlap
Skegemog Lake
IUCN VState Wildlife Management Area
0.06 km² overlap
South Elk Lake
IUCN VWetland
0.01 km² overlap
Kewadin
IUCN VWetlands Preserve
0.01 km² overlap
Nature Preserve
0.00 km² overlap
Palastra-Holm
IUCN VNature Preserve
0.00 km² overlap
North Skegemog
IUCN VNature Preserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
356 distinct species · 5 928 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Elk Lake : 31 espèces reliées par 99 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 12.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
43,23km²
Avg depth
10,8m
Volume
466,450km³
Watershed
1 332km²
Shoreline
58,1km
Shore dev. idx
2,49
Residence time
435days
Elevation
175m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.