Michigan lake depth maps
Woodland Lake depth map
Woodland Lake in Newaygo County, Michigan reaches a depth of more than 51 feet at its deepest surveyed sounding. Woodland Lake is charted here across 6 closed depth contours, from the 10 ft line down to 50 ft, enclosing about 113 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 30 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
Woodland Lake depth chart: 6 depth contours from 10 to 50 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 10 ft | 113 acres | 100% |
| 15 ft | 82 acres | 73% |
| 20 ft | 58 acres | 51% |
| 30 ft | 16 acres | 14% |
| 40 ft | 6.7 acres | 5.9% |
| 50 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 113 acres inside the outermost charted contour (the 10 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 51 ft sounding, marked as a point rather than a closed contour, so it is not charted as a band.
Fishing Woodland Lake: an evenly graded bottom
Inside its outermost 10 ft contour the survey charts about 113 acres of Woodland Lake, with the 30 ft line enclosing half of it, so the bottom loses depth gradually and evenly, with no broad shelf and no single abrupt drop. The sharpest change on the chart is between 10 and 15 ft, where the mapped water loses 31 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 50 ft contour there is under an acre of water, toward the southwestern corner of the lake: a single pocket rather than a basin, and worth a drift over in high summer. Nothing here reaches a true cold-water layer at 51 ft, so structure does the thermocline's work: the points and inside turns where the 10 and 15 ft lines pinch together fish hardest in early season, and again as fish follow bait back down in autumn.
Ice fishing on Woodland Lake
At 51 ft, Woodland 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, 0.6 acres of it, at first light, then move up onto the 10–15 ft break as the sun gets up, and fish the flats inside the 30 ft line through the middle of the day. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.
Woodland Lake depth map FAQs
- How deep is Woodland Lake?
- Woodland Lake is at least 51 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 Woodland Lake?
- The deepest charted water on Woodland Lake lies inside the 50 ft contour, toward the southwestern 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 Woodland Lake is shallower than 30 feet?
- About half. The 30 ft contour encloses 16 acres of the roughly 113 acres inside the outer 10 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 30 feet. The sharpest drop is between 10 and 15 feet, where the mapped water sheds 31 acres.
- How accurate is this Woodland 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 Woodland Lake
- North Lake depth map · 28 ft max · 11 mi away
- McLaren Lake depth map · 70+ ft max · 11 mi away
- Ryerson Lake depth map · 80+ ft max · 16 mi away
- Sylvan Lake depth map · 63+ ft max · 17 mi away
- Pickerel Lake depth map · 73 ft max · 17 mi away
Mapped fishing venues near Woodland Lake
Woodland Lake in the venue directory covers access and fishing details for this water.
- North Lake · 11 mi away
- McLaren Lake · 11 mi away
- Rockey Boating Access Site · 15 mi away
Fishing in Michigan needs a state license: Michigan fishing license guide · all Michigan venues