MI · ranked by public data
17 Otsego County lakes are at least 50 state-mapped acres with an IFR-surveyed depth, out of 140 documented lakes in the county.
Otsego County, MI
123 ft maximum depth · 67 acres
Otsego County, MI
102 ft maximum depth · 256 acres
Otsego County, MI
87 ft maximum depth · 65 acres
Otsego County, MI
85 ft maximum depth · 124 acres
Otsego County, MI
81 ft maximum depth · 124 acres
Otsego County, MI
74 ft maximum depth · 73 acres
Otsego County, MI
36 ft maximum depth · 344 acres
Otsego County, MI
36 ft maximum depth · 97 acres
Otsego County, MI
36 ft maximum depth · 86 acres
Otsego County, MI
30 ft maximum depth · 110 acres
| Rank | Lake | County | Max depth | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Dixon Lake | Otsego | 30 ft | 78 |
| 12 | Big Bass Lake | Otsego | 30 ft | 64 |
| 13 | Emerald Lake | Otsego | 30 ft | 53 |
| 14 | Lake Manuka | Otsego | 27 ft | 164 |
| 15 | Section One Lake | Otsego | 27 ft | 59 |
| 16 | Otsego Lake | Otsego | 23 ft | 2,013 |
| 17 | Lake Wequos | Otsego | 5 ft | 55 |
Methodology
FAQ
Heart Lake — Heart Lake in Otsego County has the deepest recorded IFR survey point of any ranked Otsego County lake, at 123 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.