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Lincoln Lake depth map

Lincoln Lake in Spencer County, Indiana reaches a depth of 20 feet. Lincoln Lake is charted here across 9 closed depth contours, from the 2 ft line down to 18 ft, enclosing about 42 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 10 ft line, and only 1.8 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

Lincoln Lake depth chart: 9 depth contours from 2 to 18 ft

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

Lincoln Lake depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contourWater inside itShare of mapped water
2 ft42 acres100%
4 ft32 acres76%
6 ft26 acres63%
8 ft24 acres57%
10 ft21 acres49%
12 ft14 acres33%
14 ft8.3 acres20%
16 ft4.2 acres9.9%
18 ft1.8 acres4.4%

Acreages are computed from the closed Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 42 acres inside the outermost charted contour (the 2 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 20 ft sounding, marked as a point rather than a closed contour, so it is not charted as a band.

Fishing Lincoln Lake: an evenly graded bottom

Inside its outermost 2 ft contour the survey charts about 42 acres of Lincoln Lake, with the 10 ft line enclosing half of it, so the bottom falls away at a steady rate rather than shelving off or dropping in one step. The sharpest change on the chart is between 2 and 4 ft, where the mapped water loses 10 acres in 2 ft of depth, that band is the contour to work first, because it is where the bottom stops being flat. 1.8 acres, 4.4% of the mapped water, lie inside the deepest 18 ft contour, toward the western side of the lake. Topping out at 20 ft, weed growth structures this water more than depth does, but the 1.8-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.

Lincoln Lake depth map FAQs

How deep is Lincoln Lake?
Lincoln Lake reaches a maximum depth of 20 feet in the Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 9 closed depth contours over about 42 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 10 ft line. The 20 ft figure is a single recorded sounding rather than a closed contour, so the deepest line you can actually trace on the map is 18 ft.
Where is the deepest part of Lincoln Lake?
The deepest charted water on Lincoln Lake lies inside the 18 ft contour, toward the western side of the lake. That contour encloses 1.8 acres, 4.4% 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 Lincoln Lake is shallower than 10 feet?
About half. The 10 ft contour encloses 21 acres of the roughly 42 acres inside the outer 2 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 10 feet. The sharpest drop is between 2 and 4 feet, where the mapped water sheds 10 acres.
How accurate is this Lincoln 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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