Sanford Lake

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Sanford Lake
Sanford Lake Location within the state of Michigan
Location	Sanford, Midland County, Michigan
Coordinates	43°42′N 84°23′W / 43.700°N 84.383°W / 43.700; -84.383
Type	Reservoir
Primary inflows	Tittabawassee River
Primary outflows	Tittabawassee River
Catchment area	20,971 acres (8,487 ha)
First flooded	1925 (1925)
Max. length	6 mi (9.7 km)
Max. width	0.5 mi (0.80 km)
Surface area	1,429 acres (578 ha)
Average depth	9.3 ft (2.8 m)
Max. depth	26 ft (7.9 m)
Water volume	13,899 acre⋅ft (17,144,000 m3)
Shore length1	34.5 mi (55.5 km)
Surface elevation	631 ft (192 m)
Frozen	Winter
Settlements	Sanford
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Sanford Lake was a man-made reservoir located in Midland County, Michigan, but is no longer present since the failure of the dam in May 2020. It was formed by the damming of the Tittabawassee River near the village of Sanford, Michigan. It was built for flood control and the production of hydroelectric power. The dam is owned and operated by the Four Lakes Task Force, a property owners' group that was established by the Midland and Gladwin County boards of commissioners to oversee the dams and the impoundment lakes created by them, who took over ownership as a condition of the settlement agreement that resulted from the condemnation proceedings with former dam owner, Boyce Hydro, LLC.^[1]