PA · depth model

Marsh Creek Lake

A 1970s Chester County reservoir built to fix flooding and a water shortage at once.

12 inch$149Desk, bookshelf, hallway. The closing-gift size. · ≈ 2.4 lb 17 inch$249Over a sideboard or in a reading nook. · ≈ 4.8 lb 24 inch$399The over-the-mantel piece. Islands appear at this scale. · ≈ 9.6 lb 30 inch$599Statement wall. Two hangers, every town on the shore named. · ≈ 15.0 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

8 ft · first step
16 ft
24 ft
32 ft
40 ft
48 ft · bottom

48 ftmaximum depth

0.7square miles of water

6depth layers cut

60roads engraved on the 12"

2towns named

2.4 lbthe 12" on the wall (≈ 15.0 lb at 30")

The lake

About Marsh Creek Lake

Marsh Creek Lake was built between 1970 and 1973, when the state dammed Marsh Creek to secure drinking water for the Chester County Water Resources Authority and to control seasonal flooding in the valley. The 535-acre lake, with an average depth of about 40 feet and a maximum near 73 feet, sits inside Marsh Creek State Park a couple of miles west of the village of Eagle. The park opened for boating, fishing and hiking in 1974, and it remains a stop for migrating waterfowl and a 'big bass' fishery where only bass 15 inches or longer may be kept. Sailing is popular on its open water too.

On the board

2 shore towns named, with a star on each
60 roads engraved around the shore, 8 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

Marsh Creek 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.