Watershed Summary 

The Kent Lake Subwatershed is located in southwestern Oakland County.  This 556 square-mile (100,000 acres) area, which extends from the headwaters of the Huron River downstream to the Kent Lake impoundment in the Kensington Metropark, contains nearly 700 individual lakes comprising approximately 9,000 acres, the Pettibone and Norton Creeksheds, and innumerable wetlands providing water quality and aesthetic value.  Land use in the Kent Lake Subwatershed ranges from heavily commercial and residential areas in the east and south to small rural farms and housing in the north and west.  The Kent Lake Subwatershed plan was approved under the CMI administrative rules and was funded under section 319. 

MDEQ Nonpoint Source Links 

• Kent Lake Watershed Management Plan

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