Every Lake
Pleasant Hill Lake
A flood-control lake on the Clear Fork, built after Ohio's works to tame the river
- 10 ft · first step
- 20 ft
- 30 ft
- 40 ft
- 50 ft
- 60 ft · bottom
About Pleasant Hill Lake
Pleasant Hill Lake sits on the Clear Fork of the Mohican River in north-central Ohio, a few miles south of Mansfield. It formed behind Pleasant Hill Dam, one of fourteen flood-control dams the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District built through the 1930s after the catastrophic Ohio flood of 1913 pushed the state to hold back its rivers upstream of the cities they threatened. The dam backs up roughly 709 acres of water across a shoreline of about eight miles, most of it wooded valley bottom rather than open farmland.
The lake sits within reach of Mohican State Park and the Mohican-Memorial State Forest, and much of its traffic is campers, canoeists, and anglers rather than lakefront homeowners, since MWCD land around the shore is largely public and undeveloped. Ohio's conservancy lakes typically restrict outboards to idle or no-wake speeds, which keeps the water suited to fishing for bass, crappie, and muskie over high-speed boating. Its narrow, winding shape follows the original creek valley the dam flooded rather than a broad natural basin.
- 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
Turn it in your hands
Live 3D of the actual cut files — drag to orbit, pinch to zoom. Every road you see is engraved on the real thing.
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Pleasant Hill Lake depth chart, in wood
This is a Pleasant Hill Lake depth chart you can hang: 6 stacked layers of birch, each one a depth contour — 10 ft, 20 ft, 30 ft, 40 ft, 50 ft and deeper, down to the deepest hole at about 60 ft. The lake covers about 1.2 square miles. The shape of the bottom is the real one from published soundings, so anglers recognise their drop-offs and points.
A Pleasant Hill Lake map for the wall — or a gift
Most of these go to a cabin wall, a lake house entry, or a home office; a lot are gifts — the family that has been on Pleasant Hill Lake for three generations, the retirement move, the first boat. The 12-inch is the desk-and-shelf size; the 24- and 30-inch boards read across a room. Add a line under the title and star your place on the shore, and it becomes the map of your Pleasant Hill Lake.
Pleasant Hill Lake map — the details
How big is the map?
Four sizes: 12, 17, 24 and 30 inches on the long side, from $149. Every size is cut from the same depth data of Pleasant Hill Lake; the bigger boards carry more shoreline roads and place names.
Is it made from real depth data?
Yes. Pleasant Hill Lake is cut layer by layer from published bathymetric soundings — each layer of birch is a depth contour, so the shape of the bottom is the real one, not decorative.
Can I add my own place on it?
Yes. At checkout you can add a line under the title (a family name, a cabin name, a year) and star the spot on the shore that matters to you.
How long does it take?
Made to order in Waterford, Pennsylvania and shipped in 7–10 days; shipping is free in the lower 48.
Can you make a lake that isn't listed?
Any lake in the United States — we hold depth data for 104,419 of them. Search for yours; if it isn't built yet we build it when you order.
- 6 depth layers down to 60 ft
- 1.2 square miles of water
- Title block, compass rose and depth markers
- Birch plywood, keyhole hanger, made in Waterford, PA
