NC · depth model

Badin Lake

An Alcoa reservoir on the Yadkin, with a lost WWII bomber still on the bottom.

12 inch$149Desk, bookshelf, hallway. The closing-gift size. · ≈ 3.0 lb 17 inch$249Over a sideboard or in a reading nook. · ≈ 6.1 lb 24 inch$399The over-the-mantel piece. Islands appear at this scale. · ≈ 12.2 lb 30 inch$599Statement wall. Two hangers, every town on the shore named. · ≈ 19.0 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

12 ft · first step
24 ft
36 ft
48 ft
60 ft
72 ft · bottom

72 ftmaximum depth

9.1square miles of water

6depth layers cut

368roads engraved on the 12"

14towns named

3.0 lbthe 12" on the wall (≈ 19.0 lb at 30")

The lake

About Badin Lake

Badin Lake was formed in 1917 when Alcoa dammed the Yadkin River with Narrows Dam to power its new aluminum smelting plant, building the company town of Badin nearby and naming it for one of the firm's founders, Adrien Badin. The lake covers about 5,350 acres with 115 miles of shoreline across Stanly, Montgomery, Davidson and Rowan counties, much of its eastern shore inside Uwharrie National Forest. Badin and Albemarle are the lake towns, with bass and striped bass fishing the main draw. A Navy B-25 crashed into the lake in 1944, and both crewmen are still listed as lost.

On the board

14 shore towns named, with a star on each
368 roads engraved around the shore, 5 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

Badin Lake 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.