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Shadyside depth map

Shadyside in Indiana reaches a depth of 35 feet. Shadyside is charted here across 6 closed depth contours, from the 10 ft line down to 35 ft, enclosing about 40 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 20 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

Shadyside depth chart: 6 depth contours from 10 to 35 ft

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

Shadyside depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contourWater inside itShare of mapped water
10 ft40 acres100%
15 ft28 acres69%
20 ft16 acres40%
25 ft5.4 acres14%
30 ft1.8 acres4.4%
35 ftunder 1 acreunder 1%

Acreages are computed from the closed Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 40 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 Shadyside: an evenly graded bottom

The survey encloses about 40 acres of Shadyside inside its 10 ft contour, and half of that water lies inside the 20 ft line, so the bottom loses depth gradually and evenly, with no broad shelf and no single abrupt drop. Between 10 and 15 ft the mapped water sheds 12 acres in 5 ft of depth, the sharpest change on the chart, start on that band, because it is where the bottom stops being flat. Inside the 35 ft contour there is under an acre of water, toward the southwestern corner of the lake: a single pocket rather than a basin, and worth a drift over in high summer. Nothing here reaches a true cold-water layer at 35 ft, so structure does the thermocline's work: the points and inside turns where the 10 and 15 ft lines pinch together fish hardest in early season, and again as fish follow bait back down in autumn.

Shadyside depth map FAQs

How deep is Shadyside?
Shadyside reaches a maximum depth of 35 feet in the Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 6 closed depth contours over about 40 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 20 ft line.
Where is the deepest part of Shadyside?
The deepest charted water on Shadyside lies inside the 35 ft contour, toward the southwestern corner 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 Shadyside is shallower than 20 feet?
About half. The 20 ft contour encloses 16 acres of the roughly 40 acres inside the outer 10 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 20 feet. The sharpest drop is between 10 and 15 feet, where the mapped water sheds 12 acres.
How accurate is this Shadyside 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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