How deep is Scram Lake?

Scram Lake reaches a maximum depth of 85 feet in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 10 closed depth contours over about 83 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 40 ft line.

Where is the deepest part of Scram Lake?

The deepest charted water on Scram Lake lies inside the 85 ft contour, toward the northeastern corner of the lake. That contour encloses under an acre, under 1% 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 Scram Lake is shallower than 40 feet?

About half. The 40 ft contour encloses 27 acres of the roughly 83 acres inside the outer 5 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 40 feet. The sharpest drop is between 5 and 10 feet, where the mapped water sheds 20 acres.

How accurate is this Scram 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

Scram Lake depth map

Scram Lake in Kent County, Michigan reaches a depth of 85 feet. Scram Lake is charted here across 10 closed depth contours, from the 5 ft line down to 85 ft, enclosing about 83 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 40 ft line, and only under an acre 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

Scram Lake depth chart: 10 depth contours from 5 to 85 ft

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

Scram Lake depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contour	Water inside it	Share of mapped water
5 ft	83 acres	100%
10 ft	63 acres	76%
20 ft	55 acres	66%
30 ft	41 acres	50%
40 ft	27 acres	33%
50 ft	10 acres	13%
60 ft	7 acres	8.5%
70 ft	4.2 acres	5.1%
80 ft	2.2 acres	2.6%
85 ft	under 1 acre	under 1%

Acreages are computed from the closed Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 83 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.

Fishing Scram Lake: a stepped drop into deep water

Inside its outermost 5 ft contour the survey charts about 83 acres of Scram 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 5 and 10 ft, where the mapped water loses 20 acres in 5 ft of depth, that band is the contour to work first, because it is where the bottom stops being flat. Inside the 85 ft contour there is under an acre of water, toward the northeastern corner of the lake: a single pocket rather than a basin, and worth a drift over in high summer. 85 ft of water makes this a two-story fishery: warm-water fish hold the 5-to-40 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 Scram Lake

Scram 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 85 ft hole. The 5–10 ft band on the chart above is that edge: 20 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-40 ft flat. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.

Scram Lake depth map FAQs

How deep is Scram Lake?: Scram Lake reaches a maximum depth of 85 feet in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 10 closed depth contours over about 83 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 40 ft line.
Where is the deepest part of Scram Lake?: The deepest charted water on Scram Lake lies inside the 85 ft contour, toward the northeastern corner of the lake. That contour encloses under an acre, under 1% 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 Scram Lake is shallower than 40 feet?: About half. The 40 ft contour encloses 27 acres of the roughly 83 acres inside the outer 5 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 40 feet. The sharpest drop is between 5 and 10 feet, where the mapped water sheds 20 acres.
How accurate is this Scram 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 Scram Lake

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

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