Schaefer Lake, Indiana

Schaefer Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Columbus, Indiana, metropolitan statistical area.

Geography
The community is in northeastern Bartholomew County, built around a reservoir of the same name built on Duck Creek. The town of Hope is 1 mi to the northwest, while Columbus, the county seat, is 13 mi to the southwest.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Schaefer Lake CDP has a total area of 0.35 sqmi, of which 0.22 sqmi are land and 0.12 sqmi, or 35.63%, are water. Via Duck Creek, the lake drains south to Clifty Creek, a west-flowing tributary of the East Fork of the White River.