Indiana lake depth maps
Shock Lake depth map
Shock Lake in Kosciusko County, Indiana reaches a depth of 60 feet. Shock Lake is charted here across 6 closed depth contours, from the 10 ft line down to 60 ft, enclosing about 31 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 40 ft line, and only 3.1 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
Shock Lake depth chart: 6 depth contours from 10 to 60 ft
Data: Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry (credit: Indiana DNR), retrieved August 2026 · depths change over time · not for navigation
| Depth contour | Water inside it | Share of mapped water |
|---|---|---|
| 10 ft | 31 acres | 100% |
| 20 ft | 27 acres | 88% |
| 30 ft | 21 acres | 68% |
| 40 ft | 14 acres | 46% |
| 50 ft | 9.7 acres | 31% |
| 60 ft | 3.1 acres | 10% |
Acreages are computed from the closed Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 31 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 Shock Lake: steep walls and a big basin
Inside its outermost 10 ft contour the survey charts about 31 acres of Shock Lake, with the 40 ft line enclosing half of it, so depth comes quickly here, with no long shallow margin before the bottom drops away. The sharpest change on the chart is between 30 and 40 ft, where the mapped water loses 7 acres in 10 ft of depth, that band is the contour to work first, because it is where the bottom stops being flat. The deepest 60 ft contour holds 3.1 acres, 10% of the mapped water, toward the northwestern corner of the lake. 60 ft of water makes this a two-story fishery: warm-water fish hold the 10-to-40 ft ground while the basin can stay cold below the summer thermocline, and the traffic between the two runs along the 30–40 ft break at first and last light.
Ice fishing on Shock Lake
Shock Lake freezes later and less evenly than the shallow waters around it, and the winter bite sets up on the first real break rather than out over the 60 ft hole. The 30–40 ft band on the chart above is that edge: 7 acres of bottom tilt away there, and panfish and walleye slide up and down it through the day. Late ice pushes fish back onto the 10-to-40 ft flat. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.
Shock Lake depth map FAQs
- How deep is Shock Lake?
- Shock Lake reaches a maximum depth of 60 feet in the Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 6 closed depth contours over about 31 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 40 ft line.
- Where is the deepest part of Shock Lake?
- The deepest charted water on Shock Lake lies inside the 60 ft contour, toward the northwestern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 3.1 acres, 10% 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 Shock Lake is shallower than 40 feet?
- About half. The 40 ft contour encloses 14 acres of the roughly 31 acres inside the outer 10 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 40 feet. The sharpest drop is between 30 and 40 feet, where the mapped water sheds 7 acres.
- How accurate is this Shock 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.
Depth maps for lakes near Shock Lake
- Spear Lake depth map · 40 ft max · 1 mi away
- Village Lake depth map · 21 ft max · 3 mi away
- Duely Lake depth map · 18 ft max · 3 mi away
- Lake Wawasee depth map · 75 ft max · 3 mi away
- Gordy Lake depth map · 30 ft max · 3 mi away
Mapped fishing venues near Shock Lake
Shock Lake in the venue directory covers access and fishing details for this water.
- Spear Lake · 1 mi away
- Wawasee Public Fishing Area · 2 mi away
- Village Lake · 3 mi away
Fishing in Indiana needs a state license: Indiana fishing license guide · all Indiana venues