Deepest lakes & reservoirs in Central Ohio by maximum depth (ft)
The estimated greatest depth of the water in a lake can be measured at the lake’s normal elevation. If the water volume and surface area of a lake are known, an estimate of the lake’s average depth can be calculated:Water volume ÷ Surface Area = Average Depth
Example: 1,000,000 acre-feet ÷ 20,000 acres = 50 feet average depth.
You can find many of the the world’s deepest lakes on LakeLubbers. If you sort the list, you will find the (maximum depth of) the shallowest lakes in our database. Note: For some lakes, lake depth data is unknown, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 5 articles we have published for Central Ohio lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US Midwest Region > Ohio > Central Ohio > Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in Central Ohio, only the 5 Central Ohio lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Valley Lake, OH (Central Ohio, Ohio, US Midwest Region, USA) |
70 ft | Tucked away in the gently rolling hills of Knox County in Central Ohio, Apple Valley Lake offers residents almost limitless recreation opportunities.… |
| Candlewood Lake, OH (Central Ohio, Ohio, US Midwest Region, USA) |
44 ft | Candlewood Lake is a small, cozy, 1500-acre, private lake resort community situated in Morrow County, central Ohio. Though it is just an hour from the… |
| Delaware Lake, OH (Central Ohio, Ohio, US Midwest Region, USA) |
29 ft | Also known as Lake Delaware Delaware Lake is a central Ohio reservoir designed and constructed by the Huntington District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps’ Ohio Riv… |
| Indian Lake, OH (Central Ohio, Ohio, US Midwest Region, USA) |
15 ft | Also known as Lewistown Reservoir Indian Lake is a 5,800-acre water playground in central Ohio’s Logan County. Named after several Native American tribes that used to inhabit this area… |
| Buckeye Lake, OH (Central Ohio, Ohio, US Midwest Region, USA) |
14 ft | Once used for canal transportation, now a year round adventure land, Buckeye Lake in Ohio is a destination worthy of investigation. Located just a sho… |