MI · ranked by public data
37 Alger County lakes are at least 50 state-mapped acres with an IFR-surveyed depth, out of 218 documented lakes in the county.
Alger County, MI
85 ft maximum depth · 656 acres
Alger County, MI
70 ft maximum depth · 266 acres
Alger County, MI
50 ft maximum depth · 71 acres
Alger County, MI
40 ft maximum depth · 134 acres
Alger County, MI
40 ft maximum depth · 59 acres
Alger County, MI
39 ft maximum depth · 783 acres
Alger County, MI
35 ft maximum depth · 79 acres
Alger County, MI
30 ft maximum depth · 845 acres
Alger County, MI
30 ft maximum depth · 117 acres
Alger County, MI
30 ft maximum depth · 98 acres
| Rank | Lake | County | Max depth | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Weber Lake | Alger | 30 ft | 64 |
| 12 | Baldy Lake | Alger | 25 ft | 63 |
| 13 | McComb Lake | Alger | 25 ft | 54 |
| 14 | West Branch Lake | Alger | 20 ft | 148 |
| 15 | Moccasin Lake | Alger | 20 ft | 81 |
| 16 | Sand Lake | Alger | 20 ft | 59 |
| 17 | Nevins Lake | Alger | 16 ft | 274 |
| 18 | Lake Stella | Alger | 15 ft | 332 |
| 19 | Cook Lake | Alger | 15 ft | 132 |
| 20 | Long Lake | Alger | 15 ft | 117 |
| 21 | Lost Lake | Alger | 15 ft | 106 |
| 22 | Stoner Lake | Alger | 15 ft | 80 |
| 23 | Pickerel Lake | Alger | 15 ft | 70 |
| 24 | Ready Lake | Alger | 15 ft | 68 |
| 25 | Otter Lake | Alger | 15 ft | 62 |
Methodology
FAQ
Grand Sable Lake — Grand Sable Lake in Alger County has the deepest recorded IFR survey point of any ranked Alger County lake, at 85 feet — a historical DNR survey figure, not a modern re-survey.
Source data: Michigan DNR Institute for Fisheries Research historical lake surveys (largely mid-1900s; depths not re-confirmed by modern survey) and Michigan DNR GIS lake polygons, as aggregated by LakeList.Lake outlines are shoreline shapes from LakeList and the USGS National Hydrography Dataset; they illustrate a lake's form and are not depth or navigation charts.