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Bell Pond depth map

Bell Pond in Vigo County, Indiana reaches a depth of 27 feet. Bell Pond is charted here across 9 closed depth contours, from the 3 ft line down to 27 ft, enclosing about 9.6 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 21 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: Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry (credit: Indiana DNR). Contours closed, checked and area-computed by Jordan Carter, founder of GilledIt · page updated

Bell Pond depth chart: 9 depth contours from 3 to 27 ft

Data: Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry (credit: Indiana DNR), retrieved August 2026 · depths change over time · not for navigation

Bell Pond depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contourWater inside itShare of mapped water
3 ft9.6 acres100%
6 ft8.8 acres92%
9 ft8 acres83%
12 ft7.4 acres77%
15 ft6.5 acres68%
18 ft5.1 acres53%
21 ft2.9 acres30%
24 ft1.2 acres12%
27 ftunder 1 acre2.9%

Acreages are computed from the closed Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 9.6 acres inside the outermost charted contour (the 3 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 Bell Pond: steep sides for its size

The survey encloses about 9.6 acres of Bell Pond inside its 3 ft contour, and half of that water lies inside the 21 ft line, so the bottom holds its depth well out from the bank rather than tapering off a long shallow margin. Between 18 and 21 ft the mapped water sheds 2.2 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. The 27 ft contour, toward the northern end of the lake, encloses under an acre of water, a single pocket rather than a basin, but one worth a drift over in high summer. Topping out at 27 ft, weed growth structures this water more than depth does, but the 0.3-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.

Bell Pond depth map FAQs

How deep is Bell Pond?
Bell Pond reaches a maximum depth of 27 feet in the Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 9 closed depth contours over about 9.6 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 21 ft line.
Where is the deepest part of Bell Pond?
The deepest charted water on Bell Pond lies inside the 27 ft contour, toward the northern end of the lake. That contour encloses under an acre, 2.9% 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 Bell Pond is shallower than 21 feet?
About half. The 21 ft contour encloses 2.9 acres of the roughly 9.6 acres inside the outer 3 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 21 feet. The sharpest drop is between 18 and 21 feet, where the mapped water sheds 2.2 acres.
How accurate is this Bell Pond depth map?
The contours come from the Indiana DNR 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. Per Indiana DNR, the data are graphical representations for reference only, not a survey instrument. Acreages are computed from the published contour geometry, not from a separate area survey, so read them as close approximations.

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