How deep is Lake Saltonstall?

Lake Saltonstall reaches a maximum depth of 110 feet in the CT DEEP Lake Bathymetry survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 12 closed depth contours over about 422 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 40 ft line.

Where is the deepest part of Lake Saltonstall?

The deepest charted water on Lake Saltonstall lies inside the 110 ft contour, toward the northeastern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 1.3 acres, under 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 Lake Saltonstall is shallower than 40 feet?

About half. The 40 ft contour encloses 195 acres of the roughly 422 acres inside the outer 0 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 40 feet. The sharpest drop is between 0 and 10 feet, where the mapped water sheds 96 acres.

How accurate is this Lake Saltonstall 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

Lake Saltonstall depth map

Lake Saltonstall in Branford, East Haven, Connecticut reaches a depth of 110 feet. Lake Saltonstall is charted here across 12 closed depth contours, from the 0 ft line down to 110 ft, enclosing about 422 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 40 ft line, and only 1.3 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

Lake Saltonstall depth chart: 12 depth contours from 0 to 110 ft

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

Lake Saltonstall depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contour	Water inside it	Share of mapped water
0 ft	422 acres	100%
10 ft	326 acres	77%
20 ft	273 acres	65%
30 ft	232 acres	55%
40 ft	195 acres	46%
50 ft	148 acres	35%
60 ft	114 acres	27%
70 ft	83 acres	20%
80 ft	49 acres	12%
90 ft	34 acres	8.1%
100 ft	20 acres	4.7%
110 ft	1.3 acres	under 1%

Acreages are computed from the closed CT DEEP Lake Bathymetry contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 422 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 Lake Saltonstall: a stepped drop into deep water

About 422 acres of Lake Saltonstall sit inside the survey's 0 ft contour, and half of that water is already gone by the 40 ft line: the bottom steps down contour by contour into the deep basin rather than shelving flat or plunging all at once. The steepest break on the chart runs from 0 down to 10 ft: 96 acres of bottom fall away across 10 ft there, which makes that band the first contour to work. 1.3 acres, under 1% of the mapped water, lie inside the deepest 110 ft contour, toward the northeastern corner of the lake. At 110 ft this is two-story water: the basin can stay cold below the summer thermocline while warm-water fish stay up on the 0-to-40 ft ground, and the fish that move between the two do it along the 0–10 ft break at first and last light.

Ice fishing on Lake Saltonstall

Deep water like Lake Saltonstall freezes later and less evenly than the shallow lakes around it, and the winter bite sets up on the first real break, not out over the 110 ft hole. That edge is the 0–10 ft band on the chart above, where 96 acres of bottom tilt away, and panfish and walleye work up and down it through the day. By late ice the fish push back onto the 0-to-40 ft flat. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.

Lake Saltonstall depth map FAQs

How deep is Lake Saltonstall?: Lake Saltonstall reaches a maximum depth of 110 feet in the CT DEEP Lake Bathymetry survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 12 closed depth contours over about 422 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 40 ft line.
Where is the deepest part of Lake Saltonstall?: The deepest charted water on Lake Saltonstall lies inside the 110 ft contour, toward the northeastern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 1.3 acres, under 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 Lake Saltonstall is shallower than 40 feet?: About half. The 40 ft contour encloses 195 acres of the roughly 422 acres inside the outer 0 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 40 feet. The sharpest drop is between 0 and 10 feet, where the mapped water sheds 96 acres.
How accurate is this Lake Saltonstall 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.

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Mapped fishing venues near Lake Saltonstall

Lake Saltonstall in the venue directory covers access and fishing details for this water.

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