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New York lake depth maps

25 lakes in New York have surveyed grids and survey contours in TopoStack. Open one in the studio to make a layered wooden lake map or a flat engraving.

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. NOAA’s National Bathymetric Source adds measured depths for hundreds of lakes, lagoons and coastal ponds, from Lake Pontchartrain and the St. Johns River lakes to Lake Washington and Lake Pend Oreille; only the surveyed parts are used. NOAA nautical charts add Lake Okeechobee, Lake Champlain, the New York canal lakes and Michigan’s inland and harbour lakes from charted contours and soundings. 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.

Largest survey areas

Lakes with surveyed depth data

Cayuga County

  • Cayuga Lake Interpolated from NOAA nautical chart contours and soundings, which are generalized for navigation. Depths are below Normal Pool Level, not a live water level.
  • Cross Lake Interpolated from NOAA nautical chart contours and soundings, which are generalized for navigation. Depths are below the chart sounding datum (MLLW on tidal water), not a live water level.

Monroe County

  • Irondequoit Bay About 57% of the lake is surveyed. NOAA National Bathymetric Source survey cells only; modelled fill is removed and uncovered parts use the basin model. Depths are below the surveys’ chart datum (MLLW on tidal water, low-water datum on the Great Lakes), not a live water level.
  • Unnamed lake, Monroe County About 79% of the lake is surveyed. NOAA National Bathymetric Source survey cells only; modelled fill is removed and uncovered parts use the basin model. Depths are below the surveys’ chart datum (MLLW on tidal water, low-water datum on the Great Lakes), not a live water level.

Essex County

  • Lake Champlain also Cat Den Bay, Champlain Interpolated from NOAA nautical chart contours and soundings, which are generalized for navigation. Depths are below Low Water Datum, not a live water level.

Suffolk County

  • Moneyboque Bay About 100% of the lake is surveyed. NOAA National Bathymetric Source survey cells only; modelled fill is removed and uncovered parts use the basin model. Depths are below the surveys’ chart datum (MLLW on tidal water, low-water datum on the Great Lakes), not a live water level.
  • Napeague Harbor About 100% of the lake is surveyed. NOAA National Bathymetric Source survey cells only; modelled fill is removed and uncovered parts use the basin model. Depths are below the surveys’ chart datum (MLLW on tidal water, low-water datum on the Great Lakes), not a live water level.
  • North Sea Harbor Interpolated from NOAA nautical chart contours and soundings, which are generalized for navigation. Depths are below the chart sounding datum (MLLW on tidal water), not a live water level.
  • Quantuck Bay About 97% of the lake is surveyed. NOAA National Bathymetric Source survey cells only; modelled fill is removed and uncovered parts use the basin model. Depths are below the surveys’ chart datum (MLLW on tidal water, low-water datum on the Great Lakes), not a live water level.
  • Scallop Pond Interpolated from NOAA nautical chart contours and soundings, which are generalized for navigation. Depths are below the chart sounding datum (MLLW on tidal water), not a live water level.
  • Unnamed lake, Suffolk County 40.900° N, 72.462° W Interpolated from NOAA nautical chart contours and soundings, which are generalized for navigation. Depths are below the chart sounding datum (MLLW on tidal water), not a live water level.
  • Unnamed lake, Suffolk County 40.920° N, 72.440° W Interpolated from NOAA nautical chart contours and soundings, which are generalized for navigation. Depths are below the chart sounding datum (MLLW on tidal water), not a live water level.
  • Unnamed lake, Suffolk County 41.036° N, 72.448° W Interpolated from NOAA nautical chart contours and soundings, which are generalized for navigation. Depths are below the chart sounding datum (MLLW on tidal water), not a live water level.
  • Unnamed lake, Suffolk County 40.996° N, 72.315° W About 100% of the lake is surveyed. NOAA National Bathymetric Source survey cells only; modelled fill is removed and uncovered parts use the basin model. Depths are below the surveys’ chart datum (MLLW on tidal water, low-water datum on the Great Lakes), not a live water level.

Oswego County

  • Oneida Lake Interpolated from NOAA nautical chart contours and soundings, which are generalized for navigation. Depths are below Normal Pool Level, not a live water level.

Onondaga County

  • Onondaga Lake Interpolated from NOAA nautical chart contours and soundings, which are generalized for navigation. Depths are below the chart sounding datum (MLLW on tidal water), not a live water level.

Wayne County

  • Port Bay Interpolated from NOAA nautical chart contours and soundings, which are generalized for navigation. Depths are below Low Water Datum, not a live water level.

Seneca County

  • Seneca Lake Interpolated from NOAA nautical chart contours and soundings, which are generalized for navigation. Depths are below Normal Pool Level, not a live water level.
  • Van Cleef Lake Interpolated from NOAA nautical chart contours and soundings, which are generalized for navigation. Depths are below Normal Pool Level, not a live water level.

Albany County

  • Unnamed lake, Albany County Interpolated from NOAA nautical chart contours and soundings, which are generalized for navigation. Depths are below the chart sounding datum (MLLW on tidal water), not a live water level.

Herkimer County

  • Unnamed lake, Herkimer County Interpolated from NOAA nautical chart contours and soundings, which are generalized for navigation. Depths are below the chart sounding datum (MLLW on tidal water), not a live water level.

Kings County

  • Unnamed lake, Kings County Interpolated from NOAA nautical chart contours and soundings, which are generalized for navigation. Depths are below the chart sounding datum (MLLW on tidal water), not a live water level.

Oneida County

  • Unnamed lake, Oneida County Interpolated from NOAA nautical chart contours and soundings, which are generalized for navigation. Depths are below the chart sounding datum (MLLW on tidal water), not a live water level.

Rensselaer County

  • Unnamed lake, Rensselaer County Interpolated from NOAA nautical chart contours and soundings, which are generalized for navigation. Depths are below the chart sounding datum (MLLW on tidal water), not a live water level.

Saratoga County

  • Vischer Ferry Interpolated from NOAA nautical chart contours and soundings, which are generalized for navigation. Depths are below the chart sounding datum (MLLW on tidal water), not a live water level.

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

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

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