Michigan lake depth maps
Maceday Lake depth map
Maceday Lake in Oakland County, Michigan reaches a depth of 117 feet. Maceday Lake is charted here across 12 closed depth contours, from the 5 ft line down to 110 ft, enclosing about 462 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 20 ft line, and only 13 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
Maceday Lake depth chart: 12 depth contours from 5 to 110 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 | 462 acres | 100% |
| 10 ft | 280 acres | 61% |
| 20 ft | 195 acres | 42% |
| 30 ft | 168 acres | 36% |
| 40 ft | 134 acres | 29% |
| 50 ft | 84 acres | 18% |
| 60 ft | 68 acres | 15% |
| 70 ft | 55 acres | 12% |
| 80 ft | 48 acres | 10% |
| 90 ft | 41 acres | 8.9% |
| 100 ft | 37 acres | 7.9% |
| 110 ft | 13 acres | 2.7% |
Acreages are computed from the closed Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 462 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 117 ft sounding, marked as a point rather than a closed contour, so it is not charted as a band.
Fishing Maceday Lake: a wide shallow flat over a deep hole
Inside its outermost 5 ft contour the survey charts about 462 acres of Maceday Lake, with the 20 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 182 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 110 ft contour holds 13 acres, 2.7% of the mapped water, toward the southwestern corner of the lake. 117 ft of water makes this a two-story fishery: warm-water fish hold the 5-to-20 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 Maceday Lake
Maceday 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 110 ft hole. The 5–10 ft band on the chart above is that edge: 182 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-20 ft flat. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.
Maceday Lake depth map FAQs
- How deep is Maceday Lake?
- Maceday Lake reaches a maximum depth of 117 feet in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 12 closed depth contours over about 462 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 20 ft line. The 117 ft figure is a single recorded sounding rather than a closed contour, so the deepest line you can actually trace on the map is 110 ft.
- Where is the deepest part of Maceday Lake?
- The deepest charted water on Maceday Lake lies inside the 110 ft contour, toward the southwestern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 13 acres, 2.7% 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 Maceday Lake is shallower than 20 feet?
- About half. The 20 ft contour encloses 195 acres of the roughly 462 acres inside the outer 5 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 20 feet. The sharpest drop is between 5 and 10 feet, where the mapped water sheds 182 acres.
- How accurate is this Maceday 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 Maceday Lake
- Pontiac Lake depth map · 34 ft max · 3 mi away
- Deer Lake depth map · 63+ ft max · 3 mi away
- Loon Lake depth map · 73 ft max · 4 mi away
- Oxbow Lake depth map · 72+ ft max · 4 mi away
- Elizabeth Lake depth map · 72+ ft max · 5 mi away
Mapped fishing venues near Maceday Lake
Maceday Lake in the venue directory covers access and fishing details for this water.
- Pontiac Lake · 3 mi away
- Deer Lake · 3 mi away
- Loon Lake · 4 mi away
Fishing in Michigan needs a state license: Michigan fishing license guide · all Michigan venues