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Bald Eagle flying over Gilbert Lake
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.
Lake Board Information
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 2020 - 2024
Current Lake Board Members
Riparian Representative
Mr. Lauren Bowler, Resident
Email: Lauren Bowler
Phone: 248-540-2828
Alternate Riparian Representative
Ms. Holly Izbicki, Resident
Email: Holly Izbicki
Phone: 248-646-7744
Chairperson
Ms. Dani Walsh, Bloomfield Township Supervisor
Email: Dani Walsh
Phone: 248-433-7708
Recording Secretary
Mr. Martin Brook, Bloomfield Township Clerk
Email: Martin Brook
Phone: 248-433-7702
Bloomfield Township Trustee
Mr. Neal Barnett, Trustee
Email: Neal Barnett or Neal Barnett
Phone: 248-433-7700
County Commissioner
Mr. Chuck Moss, District 12 Commissioner
Email: Chuck Moss
Phone: 248-858-0100
Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner Representative
Ms. Jacy Garrison, OCWRC
Email: Jacy Garrison
Phone: 248-858-5264
Additional Information
Please contact the Bloomfield Township Clerk’s office at
Email or 248-433-7702 or the Engineering and Environmental Services Department at
Email or 248-594-2800 if you have questions about the material presented here.
For more information regarding water quality protection, please visit the following websites:
DNR Inland Lake Maps
Bloomfield Township Watershed
Bloomfield Township Public Education
Alliance of Rouge Communities
Friends of the Rouge
Clinton River Watershed Council
Southeast Oakland County Water Authority
Updated March 2011