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Michigan›Deepest lakes›Alpena County

MI · ranked by public data

Deepest Lakes in Alpena County, Michigan, Ranked

4 Alpena County lakes are at least 50 state-mapped acres with an IFR-surveyed depth, out of 22 documented lakes in the county.

  1. 170 ft
    693 acres

    Alpena County, MI

    Beaver Lake

    limitedDepth map
    44.94, -83.80693 acres | 70 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    70 ft maximum depth · 693 acres

  2. 225 ft
    5,342 acres

    Alpena County, MI

    Long Lake

    limitedDepth map
    45.20, -83.485,342 acres | 25 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    25 ft maximum depth · 5,342 acres

  3. 38 ft
    6,819 acres

    Alpena County, MI

    Fletcher Pond

    limitedDepth map
    44.98, -83.866,819 acres | 8 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    8 ft maximum depth · 6,819 acres

  4. 45 ft
    813 acres

    Alpena County, MI

    Devils Lake

    limitedDepth map
    44.99, -83.49813 acres | 5 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    5 ft maximum depth · 813 acres

Methodology

How this list is built

  • Ranked by the deepest point recorded in Michigan DNR Institute for Fisheries Research (IFR) lake surveys — historical hand-drawn survey maps, largely mid-1900s, digitized by the DNR. Depths have not been re-confirmed by modern survey.
  • Only lakes with an IFR survey can rank; Michigan lakes without one are not listed rather than guessed at.
  • Lakes under 50 acres — or without a confidently matched Michigan DNR GIS lake polygon for acreage — are excluded from rankings.
  • Public access inventories are not yet tracked for Michigan, so access is never shown or ranked here.

FAQ

Alpena County lake records

What is the deepest lake in Alpena County?

Beaver Lake — Beaver Lake in Alpena County has the deepest recorded IFR survey point of any ranked Alpena County lake, at 70 feet — a historical DNR survey figure, not a modern re-survey.

Deepest lakes statewideBiggest lakes in Alpena CountyAll Alpena County lakes

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.