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W Keith Ruble Lake depth map

W Keith Ruble Lake in Vigo County, Indiana reaches a depth of 18 feet. W Keith Ruble Lake is charted here across 5 closed depth contours, from the 3 ft line down to 15 ft, enclosing about 21 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 9 ft line, and only 1.1 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

W Keith Ruble Lake depth chart: 5 depth contours from 3 to 15 ft

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

W Keith Ruble Lake depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contourWater inside itShare of mapped water
3 ft21 acres100%
6 ft16 acres76%
9 ft9.9 acres46%
12 ft4.4 acres21%
15 ft1.1 acres5.1%

Acreages are computed from the closed Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 21 acres inside the outermost charted contour (the 3 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 18 ft sounding, marked as a point rather than a closed contour, so it is not charted as a band.

Fishing W Keith Ruble Lake: an evenly graded bottom

Inside its outermost 3 ft contour the survey charts about 21 acres of W Keith Ruble Lake, with the 9 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 6 and 9 ft, where the mapped water loses 6.1 acres in 3 ft of depth, that band is the contour to work first, because it is where the bottom stops being flat. The deepest 15 ft contour holds 1.1 acres, 5.1% of the mapped water, toward the northern end of the lake. At 18 ft top to bottom, weed growth shapes this water more than depth does, but the 1.1-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.

W Keith Ruble Lake depth map FAQs

How deep is W Keith Ruble Lake?
W Keith Ruble Lake reaches a maximum depth of 18 feet in the Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 5 closed depth contours over about 21 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 9 ft line. The 18 ft figure is a single recorded sounding rather than a closed contour, so the deepest line you can actually trace on the map is 15 ft.
Where is the deepest part of W Keith Ruble Lake?
The deepest charted water on W Keith Ruble Lake lies inside the 15 ft contour, toward the northern end of the lake. That contour encloses 1.1 acres, 5.1% 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 W Keith Ruble Lake is shallower than 9 feet?
About half. The 9 ft contour encloses 9.9 acres of the roughly 21 acres inside the outer 3 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 9 feet. The sharpest drop is between 6 and 9 feet, where the mapped water sheds 6.1 acres.
How accurate is this W Keith Ruble 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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