MI · ranked by public data
24 Jackson County lakes are at least 50 state-mapped acres with an IFR-surveyed depth, out of 123 documented lakes in the county.
Jackson County, MI
60 ft maximum depth · 74 acres
Jackson County, MI
50 ft maximum depth · 109 acres
Jackson County, MI
43 ft maximum depth · 219 acres
Jackson County, MI
42 ft maximum depth · 541 acres
Jackson County, MI
42 ft maximum depth · 147 acres
Jackson County, MI
40 ft maximum depth · 398 acres
Jackson County, MI
40 ft maximum depth · 152 acres
Jackson County, MI
39 ft maximum depth · 797 acres
Jackson County, MI
35 ft maximum depth · 70 acres
Jackson County, MI
34 ft maximum depth · 129 acres
| Rank | Lake | County | Max depth | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Cranberry Lake | Jackson | 32 ft | 97 |
| 12 | Pleasant Lake | Jackson | 30 ft | 268 |
| 13 | Brill Lake | Jackson | 27 ft | 136 |
| 14 | Crispell Lake | Jackson | 25 ft | 86 |
| 15 | Horseshoe Lake | Jackson | 25 ft | 53 |
| 16 | Mud Lake | Jackson | 23 ft | 120 |
| 17 | Tims Lake | Jackson | 22 ft | 103 |
| 18 | Little Portage Lake | Jackson | 21 ft | 154 |
| 19 | Center Lake | Jackson | 20 ft | 847 |
| 20 | Welch Lake | Jackson | 20 ft | 112 |
| 21 | Grass Lake | Jackson | 13 ft | 353 |
| 22 | Wilbur Lake | Jackson | 13 ft | 68 |
| 23 | Markla Lake | Jackson | 12 ft | 85 |
| 24 | Pond Lily Lake | Jackson | 7 ft | 51 |
Methodology
FAQ
Swains Lake — Swains Lake in Jackson County has the deepest recorded IFR survey point of any ranked Jackson County lake, at 60 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.