Geist Reservoir 3D wood map, detail view

IN · depth model

Geist Reservoir

An Indianapolis water-supply reservoir that flooded a small German farm town in 1943.

12 inch$149Desk, bookshelf, hallway. The closing-gift size. · ≈ 3.3 lb 17 inch$249Over a sideboard or in a reading nook. · ≈ 6.6 lb 24 inch$399The over-the-mantel piece. Islands appear at this scale. · ≈ 13.1 lb 30 inch$599Statement wall. Two hangers, every town on the shore named. · ≈ 20.4 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

8 ft · first step
17 ft
25 ft
34 ft
42 ft
51 ft · bottom

51 ftmaximum depth

2.4square miles of water

6depth layers cut

1,335roads engraved on the 12"

4towns named

3.3 lbthe 12" on the wall (≈ 20.4 lb at 30")

The lake

About Geist Reservoir

Geist Reservoir was built by the Indianapolis Water Company, damming Fall Creek northeast of downtown Indianapolis in 1943 to secure the growing city's drinking supply, a project that flooded the small settlement of Germantown and forced its residents to relocate. The reservoir covers about 1,900 acres across Marion, Hamilton and Hancock counties and is mostly shallow, only about 10 feet deep outside the 48-foot hole near the dam. Once purely a utility lake, it now carries heavy residential development along its shore in the Fishers and Indianapolis suburbs, along with water skiing and fishing traffic.

On the board

4 shore towns named, with a star on each
1,335 roads engraved around the shore, 16 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

Geist Reservoir 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.