How deep is Williams Pond?

Williams Pond reaches a maximum depth of 15 feet in the CT DEEP Lake Bathymetry survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 6 closed depth contours over about 286 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 6 ft line.

Where is the deepest part of Williams Pond?

The deepest charted water on Williams Pond lies inside the 15 ft contour, toward the southeastern corner of the lake. That contour encloses under an acre, 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 Williams Pond is shallower than 6 feet?

About half. The 6 ft contour encloses 139 acres of the roughly 286 acres inside the outer 0 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 6 feet. The sharpest drop is between 6 and 9 feet, where the mapped water sheds 103 acres.

How accurate is this Williams 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

Williams Pond depth map

Williams Pond in Lebanon, Connecticut reaches a depth of 15 feet. Williams Pond is charted here across 6 closed depth contours, from the 0 ft line down to 15 ft, enclosing about 286 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 6 ft line, and only under an acre 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

Williams Pond depth chart: 6 depth contours from 0 to 15 ft

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

Williams Pond depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contour	Water inside it	Share of mapped water
0 ft	286 acres	100%
3 ft	239 acres	84%
6 ft	139 acres	49%
9 ft	36 acres	13%
12 ft	1.7 acres	under 1%
15 ft	under 1 acre	under 1%

Acreages are computed from the closed CT DEEP Lake Bathymetry contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 286 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 Williams Pond: an evenly graded bottom

The survey encloses about 286 acres of Williams Pond inside its 0 ft contour, and half of that water lies inside the 6 ft line, so the bottom loses depth gradually and evenly, with no broad shelf and no single abrupt drop. Between 6 and 9 ft the mapped water sheds 103 acres in 3 ft of depth, the sharpest change on the chart, start on that band, because it is where the bottom stops being flat. Inside the 15 ft contour there is under an acre of water, toward the southeastern corner of the lake: a single pocket rather than a basin, and worth a drift over in high summer. At 15 ft top to bottom, weed growth shapes this water more than depth does, but the 0.1-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 Williams Pond

Shallow water like Williams Pond is usually among the first to make safe ice, and with only 0.1 acres inside the 15 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 286-acre basin, are where to start. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.

Williams Pond depth map FAQs

How deep is Williams Pond?: Williams Pond reaches a maximum depth of 15 feet in the CT DEEP Lake Bathymetry survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 6 closed depth contours over about 286 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 6 ft line.
Where is the deepest part of Williams Pond?: The deepest charted water on Williams Pond lies inside the 15 ft contour, toward the southeastern corner of the lake. That contour encloses under an acre, 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 Williams Pond is shallower than 6 feet?: About half. The 6 ft contour encloses 139 acres of the roughly 286 acres inside the outer 0 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 6 feet. The sharpest drop is between 6 and 9 feet, where the mapped water sheds 103 acres.
How accurate is this Williams 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.

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