Lake Springfield 3D wood map, detail view

IL · depth model

Lake Springfield

The reservoir a Depression-era bond issue built to keep Springfield's lights and taps on.

12 inch$149Desk, bookshelf, hallway. The closing-gift size. · ≈ 2.1 lb 17 inch$249Over a sideboard or in a reading nook. · ≈ 4.1 lb 24 inch$399The over-the-mantel piece. Islands appear at this scale. · ≈ 8.3 lb 30 inch$599Statement wall. Two hangers, every town on the shore named. · ≈ 12.9 lb

Make it yours family name · a line of text · a star on your place

Family name on the title block A line under it Title block preview

Your place — a star and a name on the board

Add a laser-cut desk stand (12" and 17" only) +$29

Made to order in Waterford, PA. Ships in 7–10 days, free in the lower 48. Birch, 5 mm per layer, keyhole hanger built in. By ordering you agree to our terms — decorative art, not a navigational chart.

The layers of this board — each depth is engraved on its step

6 ft · first step
13 ft
19 ft
26 ft
32 ft
39 ft · bottom

39 ftmaximum depth

4.4square miles of water

6depth layers cut

675roads engraved on the 12"

4towns named

2.1 lbthe 12" on the wall (≈ 12.9 lb at 30")

The lake

About Lake Springfield

Lake Springfield is a reservoir on the southeast edge of Springfield, Illinois, formed by damming Sugar and Lick creeks behind Spaulding Dam, which was completed in 1935 largely with federal relief funds after a 1930 bond issue got the project started. The lake covers roughly 4,000 acres and is still owned by the city's utility, City Water, Light & Power, serving as both the region's drinking water source and cooling water for its power plant. More than 50 miles of shoreline and eight public parks make it Springfield's primary lake for boating, fishing and swimming.

On the board

4 shore towns named, with a star on each
675 roads engraved around the shore, 9 of them labeled
6 depth layers, each step engraved with its depth in feet
Compass rose, title block with coordinates, max depth and area; keyhole hanger on the back

Why we cut this one

Lake Springfield is one of the lakes people ask us for by name — the kind of shoreline where the house has a name and the dock has a history. This board is cut from the same depth grid the configurator uses for all 104,419 lakes, so the shape is the real one.