Michigan lake depth maps
Dickinson Lake depth map
Dickinson Lake in Oakland County, Michigan reaches a depth of 68 feet. Dickinson Lake is charted here across 8 closed depth contours, from the 5 ft line down to 60 ft, enclosing about 43 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 50 ft line, and only 6.5 acres lie inside the deepest one. Every contour is on the interactive map below, free and without an account.
Data: Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours (public record). Contours closed, checked and area-computed by Jordan Carter, founder of GilledIt · page updated
Dickinson Lake depth chart: 8 depth contours from 5 to 60 ft
Data: Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours (public record), retrieved August 2026 · depths change over time · not for navigation
| Depth contour | Water inside it | Share of mapped water |
|---|---|---|
| 5 ft | 43 acres | 100% |
| 10 ft | 36 acres | 84% |
| 15 ft | 30 acres | 71% |
| 20 ft | 29 acres | 66% |
| 30 ft | 27 acres | 63% |
| 40 ft | 23 acres | 53% |
| 50 ft | 17 acres | 39% |
| 60 ft | 6.5 acres | 15% |
Acreages are computed from the closed Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 43 acres inside the outermost charted contour (the 5 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 68 ft sounding, marked as a point rather than a closed contour, so it is not charted as a band.
Fishing Dickinson Lake: steep walls and a big basin
About 43 acres of Dickinson Lake sit inside the survey's 5 ft contour, and half of that water is already gone by the 50 ft line: depth comes quickly here, with no long shallow margin before the bottom drops away. The steepest break on the chart runs from 5 down to 10 ft: 7 acres of bottom fall away across 5 ft there, which makes that band the first contour to work. The deepest 60 ft contour holds 6.5 acres, 15% of the mapped water, toward the northern end of the lake. 68 ft of water makes this a two-story fishery: warm-water fish hold the 5-to-50 ft ground while the basin can stay cold below the summer thermocline, and the traffic between the two runs along the 5–10 ft break at first and last light.
Ice fishing on Dickinson Lake
Dickinson 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 5–10 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 5-to-50 ft flat. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.
Dickinson Lake depth map FAQs
- How deep is Dickinson Lake?
- Dickinson Lake reaches a maximum depth of 68 feet in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 8 closed depth contours over about 43 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 50 ft line. The 68 ft figure is a single recorded sounding rather than a closed contour, so the deepest line you can actually trace on the map is 60 ft.
- Where is the deepest part of Dickinson Lake?
- The deepest charted water on Dickinson Lake lies inside the 60 ft contour, toward the northern end of the lake. That contour encloses 6.5 acres, 15% of the mapped water, so it is a broad slice of the bottom rather than a pinpoint target, the depth chart above gives the contour to line up on.
- How much of Dickinson Lake is shallower than 50 feet?
- About half. The 50 ft contour encloses 17 acres of the roughly 43 acres inside the outer 5 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 50 feet. The sharpest drop is between 5 and 10 feet, where the mapped water sheds 7 acres.
- How accurate is this Dickinson Lake depth map?
- The contours come from the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours 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. 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 Dickinson Lake
- Lake Fenton depth map · 90+ ft max · 3 mi away
- Hoisington Lake depth map · 62 ft max · 7 mi away
- Bennett Lake depth map · 58+ ft max · 8 mi away
- Lobdell Lake depth map · 70+ ft max · 8 mi away
- White Lake depth map · 32 ft max · 11 mi away
Mapped fishing venues near Dickinson Lake
Dickinson Lake in the venue directory covers access and fishing details for this water.
- Lake Fenton · 3 mi away
- Hoisington Lake · 7 mi away
- Bennett Lake · 8 mi away
Fishing in Michigan needs a state license: Michigan fishing license guide · all Michigan venues