MI · ranked by public data
40 Iron County lakes are at least 50 state-mapped acres with an IFR-surveyed depth, out of 271 documented lakes in the county.
Iron County, MI
110 ft maximum depth · 1,083 acres
Iron County, MI
105 ft maximum depth · 60 acres
Iron County, MI
100 ft maximum depth · 274 acres
Iron County, MI
73 ft maximum depth · 139 acres
Iron County, MI
56 ft maximum depth · 98 acres
Iron County, MI
55 ft maximum depth · 109 acres
Iron County, MI
54 ft maximum depth · 531 acres
Iron County, MI
53 ft maximum depth · 80 acres
Iron County, MI
52 ft maximum depth · 52 acres
Iron County, MI
50 ft maximum depth · 565 acres
| Rank | Lake | County | Max depth | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Silver Lake | Iron | 50 ft | 131 |
| 12 | Iron Lake | Iron | 45 ft | 390 |
| 13 | Deer Lake | Iron | 44 ft | 74 |
| 14 | Fire Lake | Iron | 40 ft | 129 |
| 15 | Stanley Lake | Iron | 39 ft | 319 |
| 16 | Indian Lake | Iron | 36 ft | 197 |
| 17 | Homan Lake | Iron | 35 ft | 153 |
| 18 | Tepee Lake | Iron | 35 ft | 120 |
| 19 | Gilbert Lake | Iron | 32 ft | 71 |
| 20 | Lake Emily | Iron | 30 ft | 326 |
| 21 | Buck Lake | Iron | 30 ft | 150 |
| 22 | Light Lake | Iron | 30 ft | 131 |
| 23 | Winslow Lake | Iron | 25 ft | 259 |
| 24 | Lake Fifteen | Iron | 25 ft | 61 |
| 25 | Gibson Lake | Iron | 23 ft | 95 |
Methodology
FAQ
Chicagon Lake — Chicagon Lake in Iron County has the deepest recorded IFR survey point of any ranked Iron County lake, at 110 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.