How deep is Lobdell Lake?

Lobdell Lake is at least 70 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 60 ft contour, and the water may run deeper still.

Where is the deepest part of Lobdell Lake?

The deepest charted water on Lobdell Lake lies inside the 60 ft contour, toward the western side of the lake. That contour encloses 7.5 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 Lobdell Lake is shallower than 15 feet?

About half. The 15 ft contour encloses 39 acres of the roughly 249 acres inside the outer 5 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 15 feet. The sharpest drop is between 5 and 10 feet, where the mapped water sheds 123 acres.

How accurate is this Lobdell 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

Lobdell Lake depth map

Lobdell Lake in Genesee County, Michigan reaches a depth of more than 70 feet at its deepest surveyed sounding. Lobdell Lake is charted here across 8 closed depth contours, from the 5 ft line down to 60 ft, enclosing about 249 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 15 ft line, and only 7.5 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 August 19, 2026

Lobdell 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

Lobdell Lake depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contour	Water inside it	Share of mapped water
5 ft	249 acres	100%
10 ft	126 acres	51%
15 ft	39 acres	16%
20 ft	25 acres	9.9%
30 ft	16 acres	6.6%
40 ft	13 acres	5.3%
50 ft	10 acres	4.1%
60 ft	7.5 acres	3%

Acreages are computed from the closed Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 249 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 70 ft sounding, marked as a point rather than a closed contour, so it is not charted as a band.

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

About 249 acres of Lobdell Lake sit inside the survey's 5 ft contour, and half of that water is already gone by the 15 ft line: the bulk of this Genesee County water sits on a shallow flat, with the real depth packed into one part of the basin. The steepest break on the chart runs from 5 down to 10 ft: 123 acres of bottom fall away across 5 ft there, which makes that band the first contour to work. The deepest 60 ft contour holds 7.5 acres, 3% of the mapped water, toward the western side of the lake. 70 ft of water makes this a two-story fishery: warm-water fish hold the 5-to-15 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 Lobdell Lake

Lobdell 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: 123 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-15 ft flat. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.

Lobdell Lake depth map FAQs

How deep is Lobdell Lake?: Lobdell Lake is at least 70 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 60 ft contour, and the water may run deeper still.
Where is the deepest part of Lobdell Lake?: The deepest charted water on Lobdell Lake lies inside the 60 ft contour, toward the western side of the lake. That contour encloses 7.5 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 Lobdell Lake is shallower than 15 feet?: About half. The 15 ft contour encloses 39 acres of the roughly 249 acres inside the outer 5 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 15 feet. The sharpest drop is between 5 and 10 feet, where the mapped water sheds 123 acres.
How accurate is this Lobdell 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 Lobdell Lake

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Mapped fishing venues near Lobdell Lake

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

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Hoisington Lake · 2 mi away
Lake Fenton · 7 mi away

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