United States lakes and reservoirs lake depth maps

Multibeam surveys from USGS cover Crater Lake, Lake Tahoe and Mono Lake, and reservoir surveys from the Texas Water Development Board and the Bureau of Reclamation cover selected reservoirs. Minnesota has its own page.

Each lake name below opens the studio framed to that lake’s survey area and generates its terrain. You can also search every surveyed lake or browse other regions.

Lakes with surveyed depth data

Texas, USA

• Alan Henry Reservoir 2017 survey-derived contours; depths below conservation pool 2220 ft NGVD29.
• Lady Bird Lake also Town Lake 2008–09 survey-derived contours; depths below conservation pool 429 ft NGVD29.
• Lake Austin 2008–09 survey-derived contours; depths below conservation pool 492.8 ft NGVD29.

Oregon, USA

• Crater Lake

Colorado, USA

• Flatiron Reservoir 2012 composite survey contours in NAVD88 feet; conservation pool 5472.8 ft project datum + 5.54 ft = 5478.34 ft NAVD88. Coverage inside the closed 5478 ft contour.
• Lake Estes 2001 survey-derived contours; depths below maximum pool 7475 ft project datum. Coverage restricted to the closed 7470 ft contour.
• Pinewood Reservoir also Rattlesnake Dam 2012 composite survey contours in NAVD88 feet; conservation pool 6580 ft project datum + published contour shift 5.5 ft = 6585.5 ft NAVD88. Coverage inside the closed 6582 ft contour.

California / Nevada, USA

• Lake Tahoe

California, USA

• Mono Lake

Make a lake map from this data

1. Open a lake from the list. The studio frames its survey area, turns on Water depth and generates the terrain. Widen the frame and regenerate if you want more shoreline.
2. Check the warnings above the preview. The studio warns when survey coverage is partial or depths are estimated; how lake depths work explains why.
3. Enter your sheet thickness in Terrain layers; the studio works out the layer count. If a deep lake needs more sheets than you want, Fit depth compresses it while keeping the shoreline. The custom lake map guide walks through the whole build.
4. Turn on paint templates to spray only the water on each layer, and split the map if it is bigger than your laser bed.
5. Export the SVG layers. The download’s ATTRIBUTION.txt credits the survey used.

Data source

• USGS Crater Lake multibeam bathymetry: surveyed grid. Public domain; acknowledge source.
• USGS Lake Tahoe multibeam bathymetry: surveyed grid. Public domain; acknowledge source.
• USGS Mono Lake bathymetric model: surveyed grid. Public domain; acknowledge source.
• Texas Water Development Board reservoir surveys: survey contours. Source: Texas Water Development Board. Copying and distribution permitted by TWDB site policy; contours interpolated by TopoStack. https://www.twdb.texas.gov/policies/site/index.asp
• Bureau of Reclamation reservoir surveys: survey contours. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; public domain. Survey contours interpolated by TopoStack at documented historical reference levels.

Survey dates and water levels vary between lakes, and a listing can cover only part of a lake. See sources and attribution for credits.