How deep is Emeline Lake?

Emeline Lake reaches a maximum depth of 75 feet in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 15 closed depth contours over about 124 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 20 ft line.

Where is the deepest part of Emeline Lake?

The deepest charted water on Emeline Lake lies inside the 75 ft contour, toward the middle of the lake. That contour encloses 2.7 acres, 2.1% 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 Emeline Lake is shallower than 20 feet?

About half. The 20 ft contour encloses 57 acres of the roughly 124 acres inside the outer 5 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 27 acres.

How accurate is this Emeline 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.

Michigan lake depth maps

Emeline Lake depth map

Emeline Lake in Gogebic County, Michigan reaches a depth of 75 feet. Emeline Lake is charted here across 15 closed depth contours, from the 5 ft line down to 75 ft, enclosing about 124 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 20 ft line, and only 2.7 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 August 19, 2026

Emeline Lake depth chart: 15 depth contours from 5 to 75 ft

Data: Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours (public record), retrieved August 2026 · depths change over time · not for navigation

Emeline Lake depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contour	Water inside it	Share of mapped water
5 ft	124 acres	100%
10 ft	102 acres	83%
15 ft	75 acres	61%
20 ft	57 acres	46%
25 ft	48 acres	39%
30 ft	42 acres	34%
35 ft	36 acres	29%
40 ft	31 acres	25%
45 ft	27 acres	22%
50 ft	25 acres	20%
55 ft	20 acres	16%
60 ft	14 acres	11%
65 ft	8.6 acres	6.9%
70 ft	5.1 acres	4.1%
75 ft	2.7 acres	2.1%

Acreages are computed from the closed Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 124 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.

Fishing Emeline Lake: a wide shallow flat over a deep hole

About 124 acres of Emeline Lake sit inside the survey's 5 ft contour, and half of that water is already gone by the 20 ft line: most of this Gogebic County water is shallow and the depth is concentrated in one part of the basin. The steepest break on the chart runs from 10 down to 15 ft: 27 acres of bottom fall away across 5 ft there, which makes that band the first contour to work. 2.7 acres, 2.1% of the mapped water, lie inside the deepest 75 ft contour, toward the middle of the lake. At 75 ft this is two-story water: the basin can stay cold below the summer thermocline while warm-water fish stay up on the 5-to-20 ft ground, and the fish that move between the two do it along the 10–15 ft break at first and last light.

Ice fishing on Emeline Lake

Deep water like Emeline Lake freezes later and less evenly than the shallow lakes around it, and the winter bite sets up on the first real break, not out over the 75 ft hole. That edge is the 10–15 ft band on the chart above, where 27 acres of bottom tilt away, and panfish and walleye work up and down it through the day. By late ice the fish push back onto the 5-to-20 ft flat. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.

Emeline Lake depth map FAQs

How deep is Emeline Lake?: Emeline Lake reaches a maximum depth of 75 feet in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 15 closed depth contours over about 124 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 20 ft line.
Where is the deepest part of Emeline Lake?: The deepest charted water on Emeline Lake lies inside the 75 ft contour, toward the middle of the lake. That contour encloses 2.7 acres, 2.1% 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 Emeline Lake is shallower than 20 feet?: About half. The 20 ft contour encloses 57 acres of the roughly 124 acres inside the outer 5 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 27 acres.
How accurate is this Emeline 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.

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Mapped fishing venues near Emeline Lake

Emeline Lake in the venue directory covers access and fishing details for this water.

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