Defiance Lake – Lake in McHenry, Illinois

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 407096

Location

State Illinois

County McHenry

Feature Class Lake

Coordinates

DMS

42°19'06"N 88°13'37"W

Decimal Degrees

42.3184325, -88.2268673

Elevation

734.91 ft (224.00 m)

USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Wauconda

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Lilymoor

1.1 mi NE

Also Known As

Lake Defiance

Hydrography

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Description

48 acres in size with a maximum depth of 18 feet.

Nearby Features

Pike Marsh Swamp · 0.6 mi SSE
Wilderness Lake Swamp · 0.6 mi NNW
Leatherleaf Bog Swamp · 0.7 mi NW
Tomahawk Lake Lake · 0.7 mi NNW
Warrior Marsh Swamp · 0.9 mi NW
Lilymoor Populated Place · 1.1 mi NE
Emerald Park Populated Place · 1.2 mi W
Lily Lake Lake · 1.3 mi NE
Ferndale Populated Place · 1.4 mi SSW
Fox River Reservoir Reservoir · 1.4 mi WSW

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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