How deep is Prickett Lake?

Prickett Lake is at least 56 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 50 ft contour, and the water may run deeper still.

Where is the deepest part of Prickett Lake?

The deepest charted water on Prickett Lake lies inside the 50 ft contour, toward the northeastern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 1 acres, under 1% 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 Prickett Lake is shallower than 10 feet?

About half. The 10 ft contour encloses 560 acres of the roughly 1,473 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 913 acres.

How accurate is this Prickett 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

Prickett Lake depth map

Prickett Lake in Houghton County, Michigan reaches a depth of more than 56 feet at its deepest surveyed sounding. Prickett Lake is charted here across 6 closed depth contours, from the 5 ft line down to 50 ft, enclosing about 1,473 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 10 ft line, and only 1 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

Prickett Lake depth chart: 6 depth contours from 5 to 50 ft

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

Prickett Lake depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contour	Water inside it	Share of mapped water
5 ft	1,473 acres	100%
10 ft	560 acres	38%
20 ft	330 acres	22%
30 ft	131 acres	8.9%
40 ft	6.6 acres	under 1%
50 ft	1 acres	under 1%

Acreages are computed from the closed Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 1,473 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 56 ft sounding, marked as a point rather than a closed contour, so it is not charted as a band.

Fishing Prickett Lake: a broad shallow flat

About 1,473 acres of Prickett Lake sit inside the survey's 5 ft contour, and half of that water is already gone by the 10 ft line: the bulk of this Houghton 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: 913 acres of bottom fall away across 5 ft there, which makes that band the first contour to work. The deepest 50 ft contour holds 1 acres, under 1% of the mapped water, toward the northeastern corner of the lake. Nothing here reaches a true cold-water layer at 56 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 Prickett Lake

At 56 ft, Prickett 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 50 ft hole, 1 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.

Prickett Lake depth map FAQs

How deep is Prickett Lake?: Prickett Lake is at least 56 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 50 ft contour, and the water may run deeper still.
Where is the deepest part of Prickett Lake?: The deepest charted water on Prickett Lake lies inside the 50 ft contour, toward the northeastern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 1 acres, under 1% 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 Prickett Lake is shallower than 10 feet?: About half. The 10 ft contour encloses 560 acres of the roughly 1,473 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 913 acres.
How accurate is this Prickett 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 Prickett Lake

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

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