Grays Lake (Illinois)

Grays Lake is a 80-acre (32 ha) kettle lake[2] located in the Village of Grayslake in Lake County, Illinois.

Grays Lake
Location of Grays Lake in Illinois, USA.
Location of Grays Lake in Illinois, USA.
Grays Lake
Location of Grays Lake in Illinois, USA.
Location of Grays Lake in Illinois, USA.
Grays Lake
LocationGrayslake, Lake County, Illinois
Coordinates42°20′28″N 88°02′42″W
Lake typekettle lake
Basin countriesUnited States
Max. length0.53 mi (0.85 km)
Max. width0.3 mi (0.48 km)
Surface area80 acres (32 ha)
Average depth4 ft (1.2 m)
Max. depth18 ft (5.5 m)
Water volume112×10^6 US gal (420,000 m3)
Shore length12 mi (3.2 km)
Surface elevation790 ft (240 m) [1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Local regulations

Motorized watercraft are generally not allowed on the lake. Largemouth bass must be 15 inches long or longer to keep while northern pike must be 24 inches long or longer to keep. 2 line limit

Statistics

Grays Lake contains approximately 112 million US gallons (420,000 m3) of water covering approximately 80 acres (320,000 m2). Water depth is approximately 18 feet (5.5 m)[3] at its deepest point and averages 4 feet (1.2 m) deep. The lake is nearly 0.3 miles (0.48 km) wide and 0.53 miles (0.85 km) long with about 2 miles (3.2 km) of lake shore.[4]

Watershed

Grays Lake lies at the top of and drains into the Mill Creek, watershed. The Mill Creek watershed lies in the Des Plaines River watershed, which lies in the Illinois River watershed, which lies in the Mississippi River watershed, which drains into the Gulf of Mexico and eventually into the Atlantic Ocean.

Fauna

Fish Largemouth bass, crappie, northern pike, yellow perch, sunfish, carp and catfish.[5]

Mammals Fox, coyote, gray squirrel, chipmunk, raccoon, bat

Amphibians Frog

Birds Turkey vulture, American robin, American goldfinch, blue heron, mallard duck, swan, dark-eyed junco, red-tailed hawk

Reptiles Common snapping turtle

Flora

Pickerel rush

Jones Island

At the west end of the lake is a peninsula called Jones Island. This area, previously a marsh, was filled in to improve recreational opportunities.[6][7]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grays Lake (Illinois)
  2. "Lakes Management Unit". Archived from the original on 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
  3. Grayslake Bathymetry
  4. Grays Lake Statistics
  5. Grays Lake Fish
  6. Jones Island History
  7. Lake County gis Archived 2008-06-08 at the Wayback Machine.
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