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1996 Map of Silver Lake Basin

Name: 1996 Topographic Map of Silver Lake Basin
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1999
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1999

About this map

The Silver Lake Basin dominates this landscape in northern Michigan, serving as a primary hydrological feature for the Champion township area. Situated within the Escanaba River State Forest, the terrain is defined by the broad Yellow Dog Plains to the north and the Mulligan Plains further south. The drainage network is particularly dense here, including the Yellow Dog River and several drops such as Pinnacle Falls and Wylie Falls.

Evidence of historical industrial activity is preserved in names like Silver Lead Mine Lake, pointing to the region's mineral prospecting past. The sheet also captures a high concentration of smaller water bodies, from the descriptive Rocking Chair Lakes to the unnamed numbered ponds like Lake 2 and Lake 8. This 1990s record documents the hydrology of the Dead River watershed prior to significant modern changes in the basin's management.