Every Lake
Strawberry Reservoir
Since 1913, its water has crossed a mountain by tunnel to irrigate a valley it doesn't drain into.
- 22 ft · first step
- 44 ft
- 66 ft
- 88 ft
- 110 ft
- 133 ft · bottom
About Strawberry Reservoir
Strawberry Reservoir sits in the Uinta Basin south of Heber City, Utah, above 7,600 feet. The first dam here was built in 1913 under the Strawberry Valley Project, one of the earliest Bureau of Reclamation efforts in the West. Rather than irrigate the land around it, engineers drove a tunnel through the mountains to send the water into the Spanish Fork drainage, watering farms in Utah Valley instead of its own basin. That reversal made Strawberry one of the first large trans-basin diversions built in the United States.
The reservoir was rebuilt and enlarged between 1974 and 1988 as part of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project, expanding its storage well beyond the original pool. Utah's Division of Wildlife Resources has managed it since as a fishery for cutthroat trout and kokanee salmon, drawing anglers from Provo, Heber City, and Salt Lake City. Marinas at Strawberry Bay, Soldier Creek, and Renegade Point serve boats through the summer and ice-fishing crowds through the winter.
- 57 roads engraved around the shore, 0 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
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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Strawberry Reservoir depth chart, in wood
This is a Strawberry Reservoir depth chart you can hang: 6 stacked layers of birch, each one a depth contour — 22 ft, 44 ft, 66 ft, 88 ft, 110 ft and deeper, down to the deepest hole at about 133 ft. The lake covers about 24.4 square miles, and 57 shore roads are engraved around it. The shape of the bottom is the real one from published soundings, so anglers recognise their drop-offs and points.
A Strawberry Reservoir 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 Strawberry Reservoir 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 Strawberry Reservoir.
Strawberry Reservoir 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 Strawberry Reservoir; the bigger boards carry more shoreline roads and place names.
Is it made from real depth data?
Yes. Strawberry Reservoir 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 133 ft
- 24.4 square miles of water
- 57 shore roads engraved
- Title block, compass rose and depth markers
- Birch plywood, keyhole hanger, made in Waterford, PA
