Sanford Lake

Sanford Lake is a temporarily dry, man-made located near the village of in . First flooded in 1925, it drained when the failure of the Sanford Dam restored the natural flow of the in May 2020.
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Photo: Christian Collins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sanford and Edenville.

Village
is a village in in the U.S. state of . The population was 813 at the 2020 census. The village is located within .

Hamlet
is a small unincorporated community in , in the U.S. state of . The community is in the northeast corner of the township near the boundary with , but the settlement is mostly within Midland County. is situated 4½ miles north of Sanford Lake.

Sanford Lake

Latitude
43.73211° or 43° 43′ 56″ north
Longitude
-84.38815° or 84° 23′ 17″ west
Elevation
630 feet (192 metres)
Open location code
86MQPJJ6+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 114619218
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wetland
Geo­Names ID
5008945
Wiki­data ID
Q7332928
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Satellite Map

Discover Sanford Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to French—“Sanford Lake” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Sanford Lake (tubiganan sa Estados Unidos, Michigan, Midland County)”
  • Cebuano: “Sanford Lake”
  • French: “Sanford Lake”

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