MI · ranked by public data
18 St. Joseph County lakes are at least 50 state-mapped acres with an IFR-surveyed depth, out of 74 documented lakes in the county.
St. Joseph County, MI
70 ft maximum depth · 835 acres
St. Joseph County, MI
70 ft maximum depth · 599 acres
St. Joseph County, MI
57 ft maximum depth · 143 acres
St. Joseph County, MI
50 ft maximum depth · 256 acres
St. Joseph County, MI
50 ft maximum depth · 132 acres
St. Joseph County, MI
47 ft maximum depth · 125 acres
St. Joseph County, MI
42 ft maximum depth · 330 acres
St. Joseph County, MI
41 ft maximum depth · 208 acres
St. Joseph County, MI
38 ft maximum depth · 53 acres
St. Joseph County, MI
33 ft maximum depth · 196 acres
| Rank | Lake | County | Max depth | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Long Lake | St. Joseph | 32 ft | 234 |
| 12 | Clear Lake | St. Joseph | 31 ft | 233 |
| 13 | Thompson Lake | St. Joseph | 25 ft | 149 |
| 14 | Minnewaukan Lake | St. Joseph | 25 ft | 105 |
| 15 | Sand Lake | St. Joseph | 22 ft | 95 |
| 16 | Leidy Lake | St. Joseph | 20 ft | 58 |
| 17 | Sweet Lake | St. Joseph | 15 ft | 56 |
| 18 | Mud Lake | St. Joseph | 5 ft | 70 |
Methodology
FAQ
Klinger Lake — Klinger Lake in St. Joseph County has the deepest recorded IFR survey point of any ranked St. Joseph County lake, at 70 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.