Michigan lake depth maps
Lake Missaukee depth map
Lake Missaukee in Missaukee County, Michigan reaches a depth of 27 feet. Lake Missaukee is charted here across 5 closed depth contours, from the 5 ft line down to 25 ft, enclosing about 2,059 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 15 ft line, and only 86 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
Lake Missaukee depth chart: 5 depth contours from 5 to 25 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 | 2,059 acres | 100% |
| 10 ft | 1,597 acres | 78% |
| 15 ft | 919 acres | 45% |
| 20 ft | 599 acres | 29% |
| 25 ft | 86 acres | 4.2% |
Acreages are computed from the closed Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 2,059 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 27 ft sounding, marked as a point rather than a closed contour, so it is not charted as a band.
Fishing Lake Missaukee: an evenly graded bottom
About 2,059 acres of Lake Missaukee sit inside the survey's 5 ft contour, and half of that water is already gone by the 15 ft line: the bottom falls away at a steady rate rather than shelving off or dropping in one step. The steepest break on the chart runs from 10 down to 15 ft: 678 acres of bottom fall away across 5 ft there, which makes that band the first contour to work. 86 acres, 4.2% of the mapped water, lie inside the deepest 25 ft contour, toward the eastern side of the lake. Topping out at 27 ft, weed growth structures this water more than depth does, but the 86-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.
Ice fishing on Lake Missaukee
A shallow lake like Lake Missaukee is usually among the first to make safe ice, and once the weed beds die back the fish have very little deep water to spread into: just 86 acres inside the 25 ft contour. Start there, then hunt the subtle single-contour depressions across the 2,059-acre basin. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.
Lake Missaukee depth map FAQs
- How deep is Lake Missaukee?
- Lake Missaukee reaches a maximum depth of 27 feet in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 5 closed depth contours over about 2,059 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 15 ft line. The 27 ft figure is a single recorded sounding rather than a closed contour, so the deepest line you can actually trace on the map is 25 ft.
- Where is the deepest part of Lake Missaukee?
- The deepest charted water on Lake Missaukee lies inside the 25 ft contour, toward the eastern side of the lake. That contour encloses 86 acres, 4.2% of the mapped water, so it is a small target on a big lake, the depth chart above gives the contour to line up on.
- How much of Lake Missaukee is shallower than 15 feet?
- About half. The 15 ft contour encloses 919 acres of the roughly 2,059 acres inside the outer 5 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 15 feet. The sharpest drop is between 10 and 15 feet, where the mapped water sheds 678 acres.
- How accurate is this Lake Missaukee 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 Lake Missaukee
- Lake Mitchell depth map · 22 ft max · 13 mi away
- Spring Lake depth map · 25 ft max · 17 mi away
- Fife Lake depth map · 55 ft max · 17 mi away
- Sunrise Lake depth map · 66 ft max · 21 mi away
- Wells Lake depth map · 82 ft max · 24 mi away
Mapped fishing venues near Lake Missaukee
Lake Missaukee in the venue directory covers access and fishing details for this water.
- Lake Mitchell · 13 mi away
- Manistee River · 16 mi away
- Spring Lake · 17 mi away
Fishing in Michigan needs a state license: Michigan fishing license guide · all Michigan venues