How deep is Littlefield Lake?

Littlefield Lake is more than 60 feet deep. The deepest contour in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey is the 60 foot line, and the lake continues deeper inside it.

Where is the deepest part of Littlefield Lake?

The deepest charted water on Littlefield Lake lies inside the 60 ft contour, toward the northeastern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 17 acres, 12% 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 Littlefield Lake is shallower than 40 feet?

About half. The 40 ft contour encloses 65 acres of the roughly 140 acres inside the outer 20 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 40 feet. The sharpest drop is between 30 and 40 feet, where the mapped water sheds 40 acres.

How accurate is this Littlefield 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

Littlefield Lake depth map

Littlefield Lake in Isabella County, Michigan reaches a depth of more than 60 feet at its deepest surveyed contour. Littlefield Lake is charted here across 5 closed depth contours, from the 20 ft line down to 60 ft, enclosing about 140 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 40 ft line, and only 17 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

Littlefield Lake depth chart: 5 depth contours from 20 to 60 ft

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

Littlefield Lake depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contour	Water inside it	Share of mapped water
20 ft	140 acres	100%
30 ft	105 acres	75%
40 ft	65 acres	46%
50 ft	37 acres	27%
60 ft	17 acres	12%

Acreages are computed from the closed Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 140 acres inside the outermost charted contour (the 20 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 Littlefield Lake: a stepped drop into deep water

Inside its outermost 20 ft contour the survey charts about 140 acres of Littlefield Lake, with the 40 ft line enclosing half of it, so the drop to the deep basin comes in stages, each contour giving up another slice of water, rather than in one abrupt wall. The sharpest change on the chart is between 30 and 40 ft, where the mapped water loses 40 acres in 10 ft of depth, that band is the contour to work first, because it is where the bottom stops being flat. The deepest 60 ft contour holds 17 acres, 12% of the mapped water, toward the northeastern corner of the lake. 60 ft of water makes this a two-story fishery: warm-water fish hold the 20-to-40 ft ground while the basin can stay cold below the summer thermocline, and the traffic between the two runs along the 30–40 ft break at first and last light.

Ice fishing on Littlefield Lake

Littlefield 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 30–40 ft band on the chart above is that edge: 40 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 20-to-40 ft flat. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.

Littlefield Lake depth map FAQs

How deep is Littlefield Lake?: Littlefield Lake is more than 60 feet deep. The deepest contour in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey is the 60 foot line, and the lake continues deeper inside it.
Where is the deepest part of Littlefield Lake?: The deepest charted water on Littlefield Lake lies inside the 60 ft contour, toward the northeastern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 17 acres, 12% 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 Littlefield Lake is shallower than 40 feet?: About half. The 40 ft contour encloses 65 acres of the roughly 140 acres inside the outer 20 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 40 feet. The sharpest drop is between 30 and 40 feet, where the mapped water sheds 40 acres.
How accurate is this Littlefield 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 Littlefield Lake

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

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