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Yellowwood Lake depth map

Yellowwood Lake in Brown County, Indiana reaches a depth of 27 feet. Yellowwood Lake is charted here across 6 closed depth contours, from the 9 ft line down to 27 ft, enclosing about 66 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 21 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

Yellowwood Lake depth chart: 6 depth contours from 9 to 27 ft

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

Yellowwood Lake depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contourWater inside itShare of mapped water
9 ft66 acres100%
15 ft53 acres79%
18 ft40 acres61%
21 ft28 acres43%
24 ft15 acres23%
27 ftunder 1 acreunder 1%

Acreages are computed from the closed Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 66 acres inside the outermost charted contour (the 9 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 Yellowwood Lake: steep sides for its size

Inside its outermost 9 ft contour the survey charts about 66 acres of Yellowwood Lake, with the 21 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 24 and 27 ft, where the mapped water loses 15 acres in 3 ft of depth, that band is the contour to work first, because it is where the bottom stops being flat. The 27 ft contour, toward the southeastern corner of the lake, encloses under an acre of water, a single pocket rather than a basin, but one worth a drift over in high summer. Topping out at 27 ft, weed growth structures this water more than depth does, but the 0.3-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.

Yellowwood Lake depth map FAQs

How deep is Yellowwood Lake?
Yellowwood Lake reaches a maximum depth of 27 feet in the Indiana DNR Lake Bathymetry survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 6 closed depth contours over about 66 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 21 ft line.
Where is the deepest part of Yellowwood Lake?
The deepest charted water on Yellowwood Lake lies inside the 27 ft contour, toward the southeastern 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 Yellowwood Lake is shallower than 21 feet?
About half. The 21 ft contour encloses 28 acres of the roughly 66 acres inside the outer 9 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 21 feet. The sharpest drop is between 24 and 27 feet, where the mapped water sheds 15 acres.
How accurate is this Yellowwood 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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