Indiana lake depth maps
Lake Maxinkuckee depth map
Lake Maxinkuckee in Marshall County, Indiana reaches a depth of 80 feet. Lake Maxinkuckee is charted here across 8 closed depth contours, from the 10 ft line down to 80 ft, enclosing about 1,089 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 40 ft line, and only 15 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
Lake Maxinkuckee depth chart: 8 depth contours from 10 to 80 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 10 ft | 1,089 acres | 100% |
| 20 ft | 796 acres | 73% |
| 30 ft | 652 acres | 60% |
| 40 ft | 446 acres | 41% |
| 50 ft | 260 acres | 24% |
| 60 ft | 128 acres | 12% |
| 70 ft | 41 acres | 3.7% |
| 80 ft | 15 acres | 1.3% |
Acreages are computed from the closed Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 1,089 acres inside the outermost charted contour (the 10 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 Lake Maxinkuckee: a stepped drop into deep water
About 1,089 acres of Lake Maxinkuckee sit inside the survey's 10 ft contour, and half of that water is already gone by the 40 ft line: the bottom steps down contour by contour into the deep basin rather than shelving flat or plunging all at once. The steepest break on the chart runs from 10 down to 20 ft: 293 acres of bottom fall away across 10 ft there, which makes that band the first contour to work. 15 acres, 1.3% of the mapped water, lie inside the deepest 80 ft contour, toward the northern end of the lake. At 80 ft this is two-story water: the basin can stay cold below the summer thermocline while warm-water fish stay up on the 10-to-40 ft ground, and the fish that move between the two do it along the 10–20 ft break at first and last light.
Ice fishing on Lake Maxinkuckee
Deep water like Lake Maxinkuckee freezes later and less evenly than the shallow lakes around it, and the winter bite sets up on the first real break, not out over the 80 ft hole. That edge is the 10–20 ft band on the chart above, where 293 acres of bottom tilt away, and panfish and walleye work up and down it through the day. By late ice the fish push back onto the 10-to-40 ft flat. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.
Lake Maxinkuckee depth map FAQs
- How deep is Lake Maxinkuckee?
- Lake Maxinkuckee reaches a maximum depth of 80 feet in the Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 8 closed depth contours over about 1,089 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 40 ft line.
- Where is the deepest part of Lake Maxinkuckee?
- The deepest charted water on Lake Maxinkuckee lies inside the 80 ft contour, toward the northern end of the lake. That contour encloses 15 acres, 1.3% of the mapped water, so it is a small target on a big lake, the depth chart above gives the contour to line up on.
- How much of Lake Maxinkuckee is shallower than 40 feet?
- About half. The 40 ft contour encloses 446 acres of the roughly 1,089 acres inside the outer 10 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 40 feet. The sharpest drop is between 10 and 20 feet, where the mapped water sheds 293 acres.
- How accurate is this Lake Maxinkuckee 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 Lake Maxinkuckee
- Holem Lake depth map · 51 ft max · 7 mi away
- Myers Lake depth map · 50 ft max · 7 mi away
- Lawrence Lake depth map · 25 ft max · 7 mi away
- Dixon Lake depth map · 35 ft max · 9 mi away
- Lake Manitou depth map · 45 ft max · 16 mi away
Mapped fishing venues near Lake Maxinkuckee
Lake Maxinkuckee in the venue directory covers access and fishing details for this water.
- Holem Lake · 7 mi away
- Myers Lake · 7 mi away
- Lawrence Lake · 7 mi away
Fishing in Indiana needs a state license: Indiana fishing license guide · all Indiana venues