Lake Elkhorn

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Coordinates: 39°11′01″N 76°50′27″W / 39.1836°N 76.8409°W / 39.1836; -76.8409
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Lake Elkhorn
Little Patuxent River
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area37 acres (15 ha)
Surface elevation295 ft (90 m)[1]
Spillway and dam of Lake Elkhorn
The wooden docks on the north side of Lake Elkhorn, facing northeast

Lake Elkhorn is a 37-acre (150,000 m2)

Wilde Lake as an example to recommend reuse of storm water runoff from all of Columbia's reservoir systems for residential drinking water to save on development costs.[8][9]
The lake is overseen by the Columbia Association. The lake's location behind many townhouses, though considered an attractive feature to homeowners, has raised concern following the drowning of a small child on September 2, 2005. A drowning also occurred in 1980, and a maintenance worker drowned in March 1991.[10][11] A movement was started soon after to erect a fence around playground next to the lake, but the community was split over this need, and a consultant concluded a fence was not necessary.[12][13][14] The lake remained free of fatal incidents until October 8, 2013, when a body of a 32-year-old was found dead in the lake.[15]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Elkhorn
  2. ISBN 0-9644427-7-9, p. 111 https://books.google.com
  3. ISBN 0-7385-1792-5, p.96 https://books.google.com
  4. ^ Joseph Rocco, David L. Stebenne. New City Upon a Hill. p. 114.
  5. ISBN 9780814208748
    . Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  6. ^ Kevin Thomas (14 June 1992). "Firms and profits flourished on Columbia's fertile ground". The Baltimore Sun.
  7. ^ Barbara Kellner. Columbia. p. 95.
  8. ^ Office of research and Monitoring, Environmental Protection Agency (January 1973). The Beneficial use of Stormwater.
  9. ^ How Columbia, MD Streets Were Names Archived 2008-06-01 at the Wayback Machine columbiamaryland.com
  10. ^ Elizabeth Lean (12 June 1991). "Columbia Assn. faces charges in employee drowning Working conditions said to seriously violate state code". The Baltimore Sun.
  11. ^ "Men from Pa., Arbutus drown in 2 Md. lakes". The Baltimore Sun. 18 August 1980.
  12. ^ Blakely, Andrei."Community split over need for playground barrier" explorehoward.com
  13. ^ "Offices Proposed Next to Woodlawn"Washington Post, December 1, 2005
  14. ^ Partlow, Joshua."Boy Wanders Away, Drowns in Howard Lake"Washington Post, September 3, 2005
  15. ^ Luke Lavoie (10 October 2013). "Police find body in Columbia's Lake Elkhorn". The Baltimore Sun.
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