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Elk Creek Lake depth map

Elk Creek Lake in Washington County, Indiana reaches a depth of 20 feet. Elk Creek Lake is charted here across 8 closed depth contours, from the 6 ft line down to 20 ft, enclosing about 29 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 16 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

Elk Creek Lake depth chart: 8 depth contours from 6 to 20 ft

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

Elk Creek Lake depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contourWater inside itShare of mapped water
6 ft29 acres100%
8 ft25 acres88%
10 ft23 acres79%
12 ft19 acres65%
14 ft15 acres52%
16 ft11 acres39%
18 ft4 acres14%
20 ftunder 1 acre2.5%

Acreages are computed from the closed Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 29 acres inside the outermost charted contour (the 6 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 Elk Creek Lake: steep sides for its size

The survey encloses about 29 acres of Elk Creek Lake inside its 6 ft contour, and half of that water lies inside the 16 ft line, so the bottom holds its depth well out from the bank rather than tapering off a long shallow margin. Between 16 and 18 ft the mapped water sheds 7 acres in 2 ft of depth, the sharpest change on the chart, start on that band, because it is where the bottom stops being flat. The 20 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 20 ft, weed growth structures this water more than depth does, but the 0.7-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.

Elk Creek Lake depth map FAQs

How deep is Elk Creek Lake?
Elk Creek Lake reaches a maximum depth of 20 feet in the Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 8 closed depth contours over about 29 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 16 ft line.
Where is the deepest part of Elk Creek Lake?
The deepest charted water on Elk Creek Lake lies inside the 20 ft contour, toward the northern end of the lake. That contour encloses under an acre, 2.5% 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 Elk Creek Lake is shallower than 16 feet?
About half. The 16 ft contour encloses 11 acres of the roughly 29 acres inside the outer 6 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 16 feet. The sharpest drop is between 16 and 18 feet, where the mapped water sheds 7 acres.
How accurate is this Elk Creek 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.

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