How deep is Kent Lake?

Kent Lake is at least 38 feet deep. That figure is the deepest surveyed sounding in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey, a point measurement rather than a closed contour, so the deepest line you can actually trace on the map is the 30 ft contour, and the water may run deeper still.

Where is the deepest part of Kent Lake?

The deepest charted water on Kent Lake lies inside the 30 ft contour, toward the southwestern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 11 acres, 3% 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 Kent Lake is shallower than 10 feet?

About half. The 10 ft contour encloses 116 acres of the roughly 378 acres inside the outer 5 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 10 feet. The sharpest drop is between 5 and 10 feet, where the mapped water sheds 262 acres.

How accurate is this Kent 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

Kent Lake depth map

Kent Lake in Oakland County, Michigan reaches a depth of more than 38 feet at its deepest surveyed sounding. Kent Lake is charted here across 5 closed depth contours, from the 5 ft line down to 30 ft, enclosing about 378 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 10 ft line, and only 11 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

Kent Lake depth chart: 5 depth contours from 5 to 30 ft

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

Kent Lake depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contour	Water inside it	Share of mapped water
5 ft	378 acres	100%
10 ft	116 acres	31%
15 ft	67 acres	18%
20 ft	25 acres	6.6%
30 ft	11 acres	3%

Acreages are computed from the closed Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 378 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 38 ft sounding, marked as a point rather than a closed contour, so it is not charted as a band.

Fishing Kent Lake: a broad shallow flat

Inside its outermost 5 ft contour the survey charts about 378 acres of Kent Lake, with the 10 ft line enclosing half of it, so the bulk of this Oakland County water sits on a shallow flat, with the real depth packed into one part of the basin. The sharpest change on the chart is between 5 and 10 ft, where the mapped water loses 262 acres in 5 ft of depth, that band is the contour to work first, because it is where the bottom stops being flat. The deepest 30 ft contour holds 11 acres, 3% of the mapped water, toward the southwestern corner of the lake. Nothing here reaches a true cold-water layer at 38 ft, so structure does the thermocline's work: the points and inside turns where the 5 and 10 ft lines pinch together fish hardest in early season, and again as fish follow bait back down in autumn.

Ice fishing on Kent Lake

At 38 ft, Kent Lake is a workable ice depth: deep enough to hold fish all winter without the slow freeze-up of a big basin. Start on the 30 ft hole, 11 acres of it, at first light, then move up onto the 5–10 ft break as the sun gets up, and fish the flats inside the 10 ft line through the middle of the day. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.

Kent Lake depth map FAQs

How deep is Kent Lake?: Kent Lake is at least 38 feet deep. That figure is the deepest surveyed sounding in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey, a point measurement rather than a closed contour, so the deepest line you can actually trace on the map is the 30 ft contour, and the water may run deeper still.
Where is the deepest part of Kent Lake?: The deepest charted water on Kent Lake lies inside the 30 ft contour, toward the southwestern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 11 acres, 3% 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 Kent Lake is shallower than 10 feet?: About half. The 10 ft contour encloses 116 acres of the roughly 378 acres inside the outer 5 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 10 feet. The sharpest drop is between 5 and 10 feet, where the mapped water sheds 262 acres.
How accurate is this Kent 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 Kent Lake

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

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