THE FISH LAKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Battle Creek/Elkhart Outwash Plain setting.
Fish Lake CDP has 1.54 square miles of land in LaPorte County. Its Census reference point is in Battle Creek/Elkhart Outwash Plain, within Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains.
Lakes, marshes and complex glacial deposits create a varied landscape around southern Michigan and northern Indiana. Moraines, beach ridges, dunes, kettles and meltwater channels occur across the region.
Regional context: Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Fish Lake and LaPorte County
Fish Lake is associated with LaPorte County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Fish Lake by land and water
The Census records 0.34 square miles of water within Fish Lake, or 18.2% of its total area. It is 15.8 percentage points higher than the 2.4% recorded for LaPorte County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Fish Lake CDP has 5.7% of the land area of nearby Lincoln township (27.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

