MI · ranked by public data
17 Mecosta County lakes are at least 50 state-mapped acres with an IFR-surveyed depth, out of 119 documented lakes in the county.
Mecosta County, MI
54 ft maximum depth · 443 acres
Mecosta County, MI
52 ft maximum depth · 77 acres
Mecosta County, MI
50 ft maximum depth · 229 acres
Mecosta County, MI
48 ft maximum depth · 61 acres
Mecosta County, MI
40 ft maximum depth · 791 acres
Mecosta County, MI
40 ft maximum depth · 99 acres
Mecosta County, MI
39 ft maximum depth · 312 acres
Mecosta County, MI
33 ft maximum depth · 122 acres
Mecosta County, MI
30 ft maximum depth · 124 acres
Mecosta County, MI
27 ft maximum depth · 85 acres
| Rank | Lake | County | Max depth | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Haymarsh Lakes | Mecosta | 25 ft | 231 |
| 12 | Youngs Lake | Mecosta | 25 ft | 128 |
| 13 | Pretty Lake | Mecosta | 22 ft | 116 |
| 14 | Jehnsen Lake | Mecosta | 18 ft | 316 |
| 15 | Long Lake | Mecosta | 18 ft | 63 |
| 16 | Brady Lake | Mecosta | 15 ft | 55 |
| 17 | Diamond Lake | Mecosta | 12 ft | 86 |
Methodology
FAQ
Horsehead Lake — Horsehead Lake in Mecosta County has the deepest recorded IFR survey point of any ranked Mecosta County lake, at 54 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.