How deep is Silver Lake?

Silver Lake reaches a maximum depth of 26 feet in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 5 closed depth contours over about 127 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 22 ft line.

Where is the deepest part of Silver Lake?

The deepest charted water on Silver Lake lies inside the 23 ft contour, toward the western side 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 Silver Lake is shallower than 22 feet?

About half. The 22 ft contour encloses 0.9 acres of the roughly 127 acres inside the outer 5 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 22 feet. The sharpest drop is between 20 and 22 feet, where the mapped water sheds 83 acres.

How accurate is this Silver 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

Silver Lake depth map

Silver Lake in Lenawee County, Michigan reaches a depth of 26 feet. Silver Lake is charted here across 5 closed depth contours, from the 5 ft line down to 23 ft, enclosing about 127 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 22 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

Silver Lake depth chart: 5 depth contours from 5 to 23 ft

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

Silver Lake depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contour	Water inside it	Share of mapped water
5 ft	127 acres	100%
10 ft	101 acres	79%
20 ft	84 acres	66%
22 ft	under 1 acre	under 1%
23 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 127 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 Silver Lake: steep sides for its size

About 127 acres of Silver Lake sit inside the survey's 5 ft contour, and half of that water is already gone by the 22 ft line: the bottom holds its depth well out from the bank rather than tapering off a long shallow margin. The steepest break on the chart runs from 20 down to 22 ft: 83 acres of bottom fall away across 2 ft there, which makes that band the first contour to work. The 23 ft contour, toward the western side of the lake, encloses under an acre of water, a single pocket rather than a basin, but one worth a drift over in high summer. Topping out at 26 ft, weed growth structures this water more than depth does, but the 0.5-acre deep spot still concentrates fish in the heat of summer, and the one-contour depressions on the chart are the ones most anglers row straight over.

Ice fishing on Silver Lake

A shallow lake like Silver Lake is usually among the first to make safe ice, and once the weed beds die back the fish have very little deep water to spread into: just 0.5 acres inside the 23 ft contour. Start there, then hunt the subtle single-contour depressions across the 127-acre basin. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.

Silver Lake depth map FAQs

How deep is Silver Lake?: Silver Lake reaches a maximum depth of 26 feet in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 5 closed depth contours over about 127 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 22 ft line.
Where is the deepest part of Silver Lake?: The deepest charted water on Silver Lake lies inside the 23 ft contour, toward the western side 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 Silver Lake is shallower than 22 feet?: About half. The 22 ft contour encloses 0.9 acres of the roughly 127 acres inside the outer 5 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 22 feet. The sharpest drop is between 20 and 22 feet, where the mapped water sheds 83 acres.
How accurate is this Silver 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 Silver Lake

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