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Saddle Lake depth map

Saddle Lake in Perry County, Indiana reaches a depth of 25 feet. Saddle Lake is charted here across 11 closed depth contours, from the 2 ft line down to 22 ft, enclosing about 32 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 14 ft line, and only 1.5 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

Saddle Lake depth chart: 11 depth contours from 2 to 22 ft

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

Saddle Lake depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contourWater inside itShare of mapped water
2 ft32 acres100%
4 ft27 acres86%
6 ft25 acres79%
8 ft22 acres70%
10 ft19 acres60%
12 ft16 acres51%
14 ft13 acres42%
16 ft11 acres34%
18 ft8.9 acres28%
20 ft6.5 acres21%
22 ft1.5 acres4.7%

Acreages are computed from the closed Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 32 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 25 ft sounding, marked as a point rather than a closed contour, so it is not charted as a band.

Fishing Saddle Lake: steep sides for its size

Inside its outermost 2 ft contour the survey charts about 32 acres of Saddle Lake, with the 14 ft line enclosing half of it, so the bottom holds its depth well out from the bank rather than tapering off a long shallow margin. The sharpest change on the chart is between 2 and 4 ft, where the mapped water loses 5 acres in 2 ft of depth, that band is the contour to work first, because it is where the bottom stops being flat. 1.5 acres, 4.7% of the mapped water, lie inside the deepest 22 ft contour, toward the northwestern corner of the lake. Topping out at 25 ft, weed growth structures this water more than depth does, but the 1.5-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.

Saddle Lake depth map FAQs

How deep is Saddle Lake?
Saddle Lake reaches a maximum depth of 25 feet in the Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 11 closed depth contours over about 32 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 14 ft line. The 25 ft figure is a single recorded sounding rather than a closed contour, so the deepest line you can actually trace on the map is 22 ft.
Where is the deepest part of Saddle Lake?
The deepest charted water on Saddle Lake lies inside the 22 ft contour, toward the northwestern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 1.5 acres, 4.7% 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 Saddle Lake is shallower than 14 feet?
About half. The 14 ft contour encloses 13 acres of the roughly 32 acres inside the outer 2 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 14 feet. The sharpest drop is between 2 and 4 feet, where the mapped water sheds 5 acres.
How accurate is this Saddle 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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