Indiana lake depth maps
Lake Wawasee depth map
Lake Wawasee in Kosciusko County, Indiana reaches a depth of 75 feet. Lake Wawasee is charted here across 14 closed depth contours, from the 10 ft line down to 75 ft, enclosing about 1,480 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 35 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
Lake Wawasee depth chart: 14 depth contours from 10 to 75 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 | 1,480 acres | 100% |
| 15 ft | 1,290 acres | 87% |
| 20 ft | 1,190 acres | 80% |
| 25 ft | 1,079 acres | 73% |
| 30 ft | 927 acres | 63% |
| 35 ft | 728 acres | 49% |
| 40 ft | 542 acres | 37% |
| 45 ft | 366 acres | 25% |
| 50 ft | 221 acres | 15% |
| 55 ft | 123 acres | 8.3% |
| 60 ft | 53 acres | 3.6% |
| 65 ft | 19 acres | 1.3% |
| 70 ft | 5.2 acres | under 1% |
| 75 ft | under 1 acre | under 1% |
Acreages are computed from the closed Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 1,480 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 Wawasee: a stepped drop into deep water
About 1,480 acres of Lake Wawasee sit inside the survey's 10 ft contour, and half of that water is already gone by the 35 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 30 down to 35 ft: 199 acres of bottom fall away across 5 ft there, which makes that band the first contour to work. The 75 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. At 75 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-35 ft ground, and the fish that move between the two do it along the 30–35 ft break at first and last light.
Ice fishing on Lake Wawasee
Deep water like Lake Wawasee 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 75 ft hole. That edge is the 30–35 ft band on the chart above, where 199 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-35 ft flat. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.
Lake Wawasee depth map FAQs
- How deep is Lake Wawasee?
- Lake Wawasee reaches a maximum depth of 75 feet in the Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 14 closed depth contours over about 1,480 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 35 ft line.
- Where is the deepest part of Lake Wawasee?
- The deepest charted water on Lake Wawasee lies inside the 75 ft contour, toward the northern end of the lake. That contour encloses under an acre, under 1% 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 Wawasee is shallower than 35 feet?
- About half. The 35 ft contour encloses 728 acres of the roughly 1,480 acres inside the outer 10 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 35 feet. The sharpest drop is between 30 and 35 feet, where the mapped water sheds 199 acres.
- How accurate is this Lake Wawasee 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 Wawasee
- Shock Lake depth map · 60 ft max · 3 mi away
- Spear Lake depth map · 40 ft max · 4 mi away
- Dewart Lake depth map · 70 ft max · 4 mi away
- Village Lake depth map · 21 ft max · 4 mi away
- Duely Lake depth map · 18 ft max · 5 mi away
Mapped fishing venues near Lake Wawasee
Lake Wawasee in the venue directory covers access and fishing details for this water.
- Wawasee Public Fishing Area · 2 mi away
- Shock Lake · 3 mi away
- Spear Lake · 4 mi away
Fishing in Indiana needs a state license: Indiana fishing license guide · all Indiana venues