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Kickapoo Lake depth map

Kickapoo Lake in Sullivan County, Indiana reaches a depth of 39 feet. Kickapoo Lake is charted here across 10 closed depth contours, from the 12 ft line down to 39 ft, enclosing about 166 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 30 ft line, and only 3.9 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

Kickapoo Lake depth chart: 10 depth contours from 12 to 39 ft

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

Kickapoo Lake depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contourWater inside itShare of mapped water
12 ft166 acres100%
15 ft154 acres93%
18 ft141 acres85%
21 ft127 acres77%
24 ft111 acres67%
27 ft91 acres55%
30 ft71 acres43%
33 ft41 acres25%
36 ft19 acres12%
39 ft3.9 acres2.3%

Acreages are computed from the closed Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 166 acres inside the outermost charted contour (the 12 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 Kickapoo Lake: steep sides for its size

The survey encloses about 166 acres of Kickapoo Lake inside its 12 ft contour, and half of that water lies inside the 30 ft line, so the bottom holds its depth well out from the bank rather than tapering off a long shallow margin. Between 30 and 33 ft the mapped water sheds 30 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. 3.9 acres, 2.3% of the mapped water, lie inside the deepest 39 ft contour, toward the southwestern corner of the lake. With 39 ft at its deepest there is no true cold-water layer here, so structure does the work the thermocline does elsewhere: fish the points and inside turns where the 30 and 33 ft lines pinch together, hardest in early season and again as fish follow bait back down in autumn.

Kickapoo Lake depth map FAQs

How deep is Kickapoo Lake?
Kickapoo Lake reaches a maximum depth of 39 feet in the Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 10 closed depth contours over about 166 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 30 ft line.
Where is the deepest part of Kickapoo Lake?
The deepest charted water on Kickapoo Lake lies inside the 39 ft contour, toward the southwestern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 3.9 acres, 2.3% 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 Kickapoo Lake is shallower than 30 feet?
About half. The 30 ft contour encloses 71 acres of the roughly 166 acres inside the outer 12 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 30 feet. The sharpest drop is between 30 and 33 feet, where the mapped water sheds 30 acres.
How accurate is this Kickapoo 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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