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Scales Lake depth map

Scales Lake in Warrick County, Indiana reaches a depth of 16 feet. Scales Lake is charted here across 7 closed depth contours, from the 4 ft line down to 16 ft, enclosing about 38 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 12 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

Scales Lake depth chart: 7 depth contours from 4 to 16 ft

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

Scales Lake depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contourWater inside itShare of mapped water
4 ft38 acres100%
6 ft35 acres93%
8 ft28 acres74%
10 ft22 acres58%
12 ft16 acres41%
14 ft7.6 acres20%
16 ft1.8 acres4.7%

Acreages are computed from the closed Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 38 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 Scales Lake: steep sides for its size

The survey encloses about 38 acres of Scales Lake inside its 4 ft contour, and half of that water lies inside the 12 ft line, so the bottom holds its depth well out from the bank rather than tapering off a long shallow margin. Between 12 and 14 ft the mapped water sheds 8.4 acres in 2 ft of depth, the sharpest change on the chart, start on that band, because it is where the bottom stops being flat. 1.8 acres, 4.7% of the mapped water, lie inside the deepest 16 ft contour, toward the northeastern corner of the lake. Topping out at 16 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.

Scales Lake depth map FAQs

How deep is Scales Lake?
Scales Lake reaches a maximum depth of 16 feet in the Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 7 closed depth contours over about 38 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 12 ft line.
Where is the deepest part of Scales Lake?
The deepest charted water on Scales Lake lies inside the 16 ft contour, toward the northeastern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 1.8 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 Scales Lake is shallower than 12 feet?
About half. The 12 ft contour encloses 16 acres of the roughly 38 acres inside the outer 4 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 12 feet. The sharpest drop is between 12 and 14 feet, where the mapped water sheds 8.4 acres.
How accurate is this Scales 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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