Gilbert Lake Improvement Board

Gilbert Lake has a surface area of 63 acres, a maximum depth of 18 feet, and a mean or average depth of 5.7 feet. The lake contains about 338 acre-feet of water, which equates to 110 million gallons. The lake has a shoreline 1.8 miles long and approximately 45 homes directly border the lake. The Gilbert Lake watershed encompasses 390 acres, a land area over six times larger than the lake itself. The majority of the watershed is urbanized. Water drains to Gilbert Lake via one intermittent tributary at the northwest end of the lake. Gilbert Lake’s outlet flows to the Rouge River and on to the Detroit River.

At the request of residents, a Lake Improvement Board was convened for Gilbert Lake in 2007. The Lake Improvement Board was established as a mechanism to address apparent water quality concerns within the lake. Later that year, the Gilbert Lake Improvement Board began a study to quantify the water quality issues impacting Gilbert Lake and determine what actions, if any, were required to correct these issues. For more information regarding this study and for Lake Board assessment information, follow the links below.

Gilbert Lake Budget
Gilbert Lake Special Assessment District
Gilbert Lake Improvement Plan - 2008
Gilbert Lake Assessment Roll

Chairperson –
Mr. Leo Savoie, Bloomfield Township Supervisor
248.433.7708

Recording Secretary –
Ms. Janet Roncelli, Bloomfield Township Clerk
248.433.7702

Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner Representative –
Ms. Jacy Garrison, OCWRC
248.858.5264

July 25, 2011
May 5, 2010
January 12, 2010
October 20, 2008
September 8, 2008
August 8, 2007
June 19, 2007