Indiana lake depth maps
Dixon Lake depth map
Dixon Lake in Marshall County, Indiana reaches a depth of 35 feet. Dixon Lake is charted here across 6 closed depth contours, from the 5 ft line down to 30 ft, enclosing about 26 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 25 ft line, and only 4.3 acres 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
Dixon Lake depth chart: 6 depth contours from 5 to 30 ft
Data: Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry (credit: Indiana DNR), retrieved August 2026 · depths change over time · not for navigation
| Depth contour | Water inside it | Share of mapped water |
|---|---|---|
| 5 ft | 26 acres | 100% |
| 10 ft | 21 acres | 80% |
| 15 ft | 17 acres | 65% |
| 20 ft | 13 acres | 50% |
| 25 ft | 8.9 acres | 34% |
| 30 ft | 4.3 acres | 16% |
Acreages are computed from the closed Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 26 acres inside the outermost charted contour (the 5 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. The survey also records a 35 ft sounding, marked as a point rather than a closed contour, so it is not charted as a band.
Fishing Dixon Lake: steep sides for its size
About 26 acres of Dixon Lake sit inside the survey's 5 ft contour, and half of that water is already gone by the 25 ft line: depth comes quickly here, with no long shallow margin before the bottom drops away. The steepest break on the chart runs from 5 down to 10 ft: 5 acres of bottom fall away across 5 ft there, which makes that band the first contour to work. The deepest 30 ft contour holds 4.3 acres, 16% of the mapped water, toward the middle of the lake. Nothing here reaches a true cold-water layer at 35 ft, so structure does the thermocline's work: the points and inside turns where the 5 and 10 ft lines pinch together fish hardest in early season, and again as fish follow bait back down in autumn.
Ice fishing on Dixon Lake
At 35 ft, Dixon Lake is a workable ice depth: deep enough to hold fish all winter without the slow freeze-up of a big basin. Start on the 30 ft hole, 4.3 acres of it, at first light, then move up onto the 5–10 ft break as the sun gets up, and fish the flats inside the 25 ft line through the middle of the day. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.
Dixon Lake depth map FAQs
- How deep is Dixon Lake?
- Dixon Lake reaches a maximum depth of 35 feet in the Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 6 closed depth contours over about 26 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 25 ft line. The 35 ft figure is a single recorded sounding rather than a closed contour, so the deepest line you can actually trace on the map is 30 ft.
- Where is the deepest part of Dixon Lake?
- The deepest charted water on Dixon Lake lies inside the 30 ft contour, toward the middle of the lake. That contour encloses 4.3 acres, 16% of the mapped water, so it is a broad slice of the bottom rather than a pinpoint target, the depth chart above gives the contour to line up on.
- How much of Dixon Lake is shallower than 25 feet?
- About half. The 25 ft contour encloses 8.9 acres of the roughly 26 acres inside the outer 5 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 25 feet. The sharpest drop is between 5 and 10 feet, where the mapped water sheds 5 acres.
- How accurate is this Dixon Lake 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.
Depth maps for lakes near Dixon Lake
- Myers Lake depth map · 50 ft max · 2 mi away
- Lawrence Lake depth map · 25 ft max · 2 mi away
- Holem Lake depth map · 51 ft max · 2 mi away
- Lake Maxinkuckee depth map · 80 ft max · 9 mi away
- Riddles Lake depth map · 18 ft max · 13 mi away
Mapped fishing venues near Dixon Lake
Dixon Lake in the venue directory covers access and fishing details for this water.
- Myers Lake · 2 mi away
- Lawrence Lake · 2 mi away
- Holem Lake · 2 mi away
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