How deep is Black Pond?

Black Pond reaches a maximum depth of 21 feet in the CT DEEP Lake Bathymetry survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 8 closed depth contours over about 76 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 6 ft line.

Where is the deepest part of Black Pond?

The deepest charted water on Black Pond lies inside the 21 ft contour, toward the eastern side of the lake. That contour encloses 3.9 acres, 5.1% of the mapped water, so it is a small target on a small water, the depth chart above gives the contour to line up on.

How much of Black Pond is shallower than 6 feet?

About half. The 6 ft contour encloses 34 acres of the roughly 76 acres inside the outer 0 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 6 feet. The sharpest drop is between 0 and 3 feet, where the mapped water sheds 34 acres.

How accurate is this Black Pond depth map?

The contours come from the CT DEEP Lake Bathymetry survey, retrieved August 2026 and last rebuilt on August 19, 2026. Depths change over time with water levels and sediment, so treat this map as a planning guide for fishing, and never use it for navigation. Acreages are computed from the published contour geometry, not from a separate area survey, so read them as close approximations.

Connecticut lake depth maps

Black Pond depth map

Black Pond in Meriden, Connecticut reaches a depth of 21 feet. Black Pond is charted here across 8 closed depth contours, from the 0 ft line down to 21 ft, enclosing about 76 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 6 ft line, and only 3.9 acres lie inside the deepest one. Every contour is on the interactive map below, free and without an account.

Data: CT DEEP Lake Bathymetry (CC0). Contours closed, checked and area-computed by Jordan Carter, founder of GilledIt · page updated August 19, 2026

Black Pond depth chart: 8 depth contours from 0 to 21 ft

Data: CT DEEP Lake Bathymetry (CC0), retrieved August 2026 · depths change over time · not for navigation

Black Pond depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contour	Water inside it	Share of mapped water
0 ft	76 acres	100%
3 ft	42 acres	55%
6 ft	34 acres	45%
9 ft	31 acres	40%
12 ft	22 acres	29%
15 ft	18 acres	24%
18 ft	14 acres	18%
21 ft	3.9 acres	5.1%

Acreages are computed from the closed CT DEEP Lake Bathymetry contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 76 acres inside the outermost charted contour (the 0 ft line), which is the outer edge of the mapped water, several state files carry no 0 ft shoreline line, so this is not the same as a share of the lake's published surface area.

Fishing Black Pond: a broad shallow flat

About 76 acres of Black Pond sit inside the survey's 0 ft contour, and half of that water is already gone by the 6 ft line: the bulk of this Meriden water sits on a shallow flat, with the real depth packed into one part of the basin. The steepest break on the chart runs from 0 down to 3 ft: 34 acres of bottom fall away across 3 ft there, which makes that band the first contour to work. The deepest 21 ft contour holds 3.9 acres, 5.1% of the mapped water, toward the eastern side of the lake. At 21 ft top to bottom, weed growth shapes this water more than depth does, but the 3.9-acre deep spot still concentrates fish in the heat of summer, and the one-contour depressions on the chart are the ones most anglers row straight over.

Ice fishing on Black Pond

Shallow water like Black Pond is usually among the first to make safe ice, and with only 3.9 acres inside the 21 ft contour the fish have very little deep water to spread into once the weed beds die back. That hole, and the subtle single-contour depressions across the 76-acre basin, are where to start. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.

Black Pond depth map FAQs

How deep is Black Pond?: Black Pond reaches a maximum depth of 21 feet in the CT DEEP Lake Bathymetry survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 8 closed depth contours over about 76 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 6 ft line.
Where is the deepest part of Black Pond?: The deepest charted water on Black Pond lies inside the 21 ft contour, toward the eastern side of the lake. That contour encloses 3.9 acres, 5.1% of the mapped water, so it is a small target on a small water, the depth chart above gives the contour to line up on.
How much of Black Pond is shallower than 6 feet?: About half. The 6 ft contour encloses 34 acres of the roughly 76 acres inside the outer 0 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 6 feet. The sharpest drop is between 0 and 3 feet, where the mapped water sheds 34 acres.
How accurate is this Black Pond depth map?: The contours come from the CT DEEP Lake Bathymetry survey, retrieved August 2026 and last rebuilt on August 19, 2026. Depths change over time with water levels and sediment, so treat this map as a planning guide for fishing, and never use it for navigation. Acreages are computed from the published contour geometry, not from a separate area survey, so read them as close approximations.

Depth maps for lakes near Black Pond

Beseck Lake depth map · 24 ft max · 1 mi away
Silver Lake depth map · 16 ft max · 4 mi away
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Quonnipaug Lake depth map · 42 ft max · 10 mi away

Mapped fishing venues near Black Pond

Black Pond in the venue directory covers access and fishing details for this water.

Beseck Lake · 1 mi away
Silver Lake · 4 mi away
Dooley Pond · 4 mi away

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