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Pigeon Pit depth map

Pigeon Pit in Pike County, Indiana reaches a depth of 28 feet. Pigeon Pit is charted here across 7 closed depth contours, from the 4 ft line down to 28 ft, enclosing about 15 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 12 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

Pigeon Pit depth chart: 7 depth contours from 4 to 28 ft

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

Pigeon Pit depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contourWater inside itShare of mapped water
4 ft15 acres100%
8 ft7.9 acres54%
12 ft3.9 acres27%
16 ft2.9 acres20%
20 ft2 acres13%
24 ftunder 1 acre4.3%
28 ftunder 1 acreunder 1%

Acreages are computed from the closed Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 15 acres inside the outermost charted contour (the 4 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 Pigeon Pit: an evenly graded bottom

Inside its outermost 4 ft contour the survey charts about 15 acres of Pigeon Pit, with the 12 ft line enclosing half of it, so the bottom loses depth gradually and evenly, with no broad shelf and no single abrupt drop. The sharpest change on the chart is between 4 and 8 ft, where the mapped water loses 7.1 acres in 4 ft of depth, that band is the contour to work first, because it is where the bottom stops being flat. Inside the 28 ft contour there is under an acre of water, toward the southern end of the lake: a single pocket rather than a basin, and worth a drift over in high summer. At 28 ft top to bottom, weed growth shapes this water more than depth does, but the 0.1-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.

Pigeon Pit depth map FAQs

How deep is Pigeon Pit?
Pigeon Pit reaches a maximum depth of 28 feet in the Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 7 closed depth contours over about 15 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 12 ft line.
Where is the deepest part of Pigeon Pit?
The deepest charted water on Pigeon Pit lies inside the 28 ft contour, toward the southern end of the lake. That contour encloses under an acre, under 1% 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 Pigeon Pit is shallower than 12 feet?
About half. The 12 ft contour encloses 3.9 acres of the roughly 15 acres inside the outer 4 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 12 feet. The sharpest drop is between 4 and 8 feet, where the mapped water sheds 7.1 acres.
How accurate is this Pigeon Pit 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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