Paulding Pond, Michigan

8 ft

Max Depth

Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes

Locator - Michigan

46.39 degrees N, 89.18 degrees W - Ontonagon County. State and county outlines drawn from Census boundary data; the lake marker is placed by its Michigan DNR coordinates, not by eye. Schematic - not a survey map.

Depth Profile - Paulding Pond

Schematic cross-section drawn to one shared depth scale - not a survey or bathymetric map.

How Paulding Pond Stacks Up

A shallow lake - typical of most Michigan lakes, which run under 20 ft at their deepest.
About 85 miles from Marquette, as the crow flies.

Facts and Figures

Waterbody ID66-172

CountyOntonagon

Coordinates46.3859, -89.1751

Deepest Natural Lakes in Michigan

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Torch Lake	Antrim	18,713 acres	285 ft
2	Elk Lake	Antrim	8,194 acres	192 ft
3	Crystal Lake	Benzie	9,865 acres	175 ft
4	Lake Angeline	Marquette	-	162 ft
5	Syphon Lake	Luce	11 acres	160 ft

Largest Lakes in Michigan

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Houghton Lake	Roscommon	20,070 acres	21 ft
2	Torch Lake	Antrim	18,713 acres	285 ft
3	Burt Lake	Cheboygan	17,393 acres	73 ft
4	Lake Charlevoix	Charlevoix	17,256 acres	120 ft
5	Mullett Lake	Cheboygan	16,702 acres	120 ft

Sources: Michigan DNR DNRHydrologyOPENDATA (IFR deep points + reference hydro polygons); counties via Census point-in-polygon lake data (ID 66-172). Verified October 30, 2026.