Michigan lake depth maps
Sunrise Lake depth map
Sunrise Lake in Osceola County, Michigan reaches a depth of 66 feet. Sunrise Lake is charted here across 8 closed depth contours, from the 5 ft line down to 60 ft, enclosing about 77 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 40 ft line, and only 3.8 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
Sunrise Lake depth chart: 8 depth contours from 5 to 60 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 | 77 acres | 100% |
| 10 ft | 68 acres | 88% |
| 15 ft | 61 acres | 79% |
| 20 ft | 51 acres | 66% |
| 30 ft | 41 acres | 53% |
| 40 ft | 22 acres | 29% |
| 50 ft | 12 acres | 16% |
| 60 ft | 3.8 acres | 4.9% |
Acreages are computed from the closed Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 77 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 66 ft sounding, marked as a point rather than a closed contour, so it is not charted as a band.
Fishing Sunrise Lake: steep walls and a big basin
About 77 acres of Sunrise Lake sit inside the survey's 5 ft contour, and half of that water is already gone by the 40 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 15 down to 20 ft: 10 acres of bottom fall away across 5 ft there, which makes that band the first contour to work. 3.8 acres, 4.9% of the mapped water, lie inside the deepest 60 ft contour, toward the southwestern corner of the lake. At 66 ft this is two-story water: the basin can stay cold below the summer thermocline while warm-water fish stay up on the 5-to-40 ft ground, and the fish that move between the two do it along the 15–20 ft break at first and last light.
Ice fishing on Sunrise Lake
Deep water like Sunrise Lake freezes later and less evenly than the shallow lakes around it, and the winter bite sets up on the first real break, not out over the 60 ft hole. That edge is the 15–20 ft band on the chart above, where 10 acres of bottom tilt away, and panfish and walleye work up and down it through the day. By late ice the fish push back onto the 5-to-40 ft flat. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.
Sunrise Lake depth map FAQs
- How deep is Sunrise Lake?
- Sunrise Lake reaches a maximum depth of 66 feet in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 8 closed depth contours over about 77 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 40 ft line. The 66 ft figure is a single recorded sounding rather than a closed contour, so the deepest line you can actually trace on the map is 60 ft.
- Where is the deepest part of Sunrise Lake?
- The deepest charted water on Sunrise Lake lies inside the 60 ft contour, toward the southwestern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 3.8 acres, 4.9% 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 Sunrise Lake is shallower than 40 feet?
- About half. The 40 ft contour encloses 22 acres of the roughly 77 acres inside the outer 5 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 40 feet. The sharpest drop is between 15 and 20 feet, where the mapped water sheds 10 acres.
- How accurate is this Sunrise 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 Sunrise Lake
- Wells Lake depth map · 82 ft max · 5 mi away
- Indian Lake depth map · 50 ft max · 6 mi away
- Lincoln Lake depth map · 27 ft max · 9 mi away
- Big Lake depth map · 85 ft max · 13 mi away
- Lake Mitchell depth map · 22 ft max · 17 mi away
Mapped fishing venues near Sunrise Lake
Sunrise Lake in the venue directory covers access and fishing details for this water.
- Wells Lake · 5 mi away
- Indian Lake · 6 mi away
- Lincoln Lake · 9 mi away
Fishing in Michigan needs a state license: Michigan fishing license guide · all Michigan venues