Michigan lake depth maps
Spring Lake depth map
Spring Lake in Grand Traverse County, Michigan reaches a depth of 25 feet. Spring Lake is charted here across 4 closed depth contours, from the 5 ft line down to 20 ft, enclosing about 18 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 15 ft line, and only 3.6 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
Spring Lake depth chart: 4 depth contours from 5 to 20 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 | 18 acres | 100% |
| 10 ft | 11 acres | 62% |
| 15 ft | 8.6 acres | 48% |
| 20 ft | 3.6 acres | 20% |
Acreages are computed from the closed Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 18 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 25 ft sounding, marked as a point rather than a closed contour, so it is not charted as a band.
Fishing Spring Lake: steep sides for its size
Inside its outermost 5 ft contour the survey charts about 18 acres of Spring Lake, with the 15 ft line enclosing half of it, so the bottom holds its depth well out from the bank rather than tapering off a long shallow margin. The sharpest change on the chart is between 5 and 10 ft, where the mapped water loses 7 acres in 5 ft of depth, that band is the contour to work first, because it is where the bottom stops being flat. 3.6 acres, 20% of the mapped water, lie inside the deepest 20 ft contour, toward the western side of the lake. Topping out at 25 ft, weed growth structures this water more than depth does, but the 3.6-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 Spring Lake
A shallow lake like Spring 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 3.6 acres inside the 20 ft contour. Start there, then hunt the subtle single-contour depressions across the 18-acre basin. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.
Spring Lake depth map FAQs
- How deep is Spring Lake?
- Spring Lake reaches a maximum depth of 25 feet in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 4 closed depth contours over about 18 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 15 ft line. The 25 ft figure is a single recorded sounding rather than a closed contour, so the deepest line you can actually trace on the map is 20 ft.
- Where is the deepest part of Spring Lake?
- The deepest charted water on Spring Lake lies inside the 20 ft contour, toward the western side of the lake. That contour encloses 3.6 acres, 20% of the mapped water, so it is a broad slice of the bottom rather than a pinpoint target, the depth chart above gives the contour to line up on.
- How much of Spring Lake is shallower than 15 feet?
- About half. The 15 ft contour encloses 8.6 acres of the roughly 18 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 7 acres.
- How accurate is this Spring 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 Spring Lake
- Fife Lake depth map · 55 ft max · 1 mi away
- Lake Missaukee depth map · 27 ft max · 17 mi away
- Boardman Lake depth map · 73+ ft max · 18 mi away
- Silver Lake depth map · 96+ ft max · 18 mi away
- Duck Lake depth map · 98 ft max · 19 mi away
Mapped fishing venues near Spring Lake
Spring Lake in the venue directory covers access and fishing details for this water.
- Fife Lake · 1 mi away
- Irrigation Pond · 7 mi away
- Manistee River · 7 mi away
Fishing in Michigan needs a state license: Michigan fishing license guide · all Michigan venues