Deepest lakes & reservoirs in Florida 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 81 articles we have published for Florida lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US South Region > Florida > Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in Florida, only the 81 Florida lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Deep Lake, FL (Florida, South Florida, US South Region, USA) |
98 ft | Fish and other water-loving animals glide just beneath the surface of water that plunges 98 feet deep. Florida royal palms and patches of cypress tree… |
| Compass Lake (Florida, Panhandle West Region, FL, US South Region, USA) |
70 ft | Often overlooked as a Florida vacation destination, crystal-clear Compass Lake in the Panhandle-West region is far removed from the hectic recreationa… |
| Lake Lochloosa, FL (Florida, North Florida, US South Region, USA) |
62 ft | Also known as Lochloosa Lake A single kayaker paddles out of Cross Creek into the mouth of Little Lochloosa Lake. Beautiful 5,700-acre Lochlossa Lake stretches in front of him wit… |
| Lake Rosalie, FL (Florida, US South Region, USA, West Central Florida) |
61 ft | Snowbird paradise. That describes Lake Rosalie in southern Polk County. This area in West Central Florida is the kind of place the northern transplant… |
| Hampton Lake, FL (Florida, North Florida, US South Region, USA) |
60 ft | The beautiful cypress lake, known as Hampton Lake, is situated between Gainesville and Jacksonville, Florida. This 822-acre natural spring-fed lake is… |
| Lake Placid, FL (Florida, South Florida, US South Region, USA) |
57 ft | Lake Placid is a large sandy-bottom, freshwater lake located in south central Florida. The lake is ideally located between the Gulf and Atlantic Coast… |
| Lake Wales Ridge and Crooked Lake (East Central Florida, Florida, South Florida, US South Region, USA, West Central Florida) |
45 ft | Also known as Lake Caloosa Remnants of desert sea islands 2.3 million years old host the hundreds of lakes along Florida’s Lake Wales Ridge. This large area encompasses a broad… |
| Lake Iamonia, FL (Florida, Panhandle East Region, FL, US South Region, USA) |
40 ft | Lake Iamonia, a 5,757 acre lake located northeast of Tallahassee, is a shallow lake with an average depth of 5 feet. Shallow depths, in combination wi… |
| Lake June in Winter, FL (Florida, South Florida, US South Region, USA) |
40 ft | Also known as Lake June, Lake Stearns Lake June in Winter, often referred to simply as Lake June, is a 3,504 acre freshwater lake in the Lake Placid area of south-central Florida. Formerly… |
| Lake Talquin, FL (Florida, Panhandle East Region, FL, US South Region, USA) |
40 ft | Lake Talquin, 8,800 acres of sparkling Florida water, is conveniently located just a few miles west of Tallahassee. The Florida Power Corporation crea… |
| Lake Otis, FL (Florida, US South Region, USA, West Central Florida) |
35 ft | There’s something special about Lake Otis. Florida’s West Central Region is wealthy in lakes. Winter Haven in Polk County sits in the middle of a huge… |
| Alligator Lake, FL (East Central Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
32 ft | Sometimes referred to as the “Headwaters of the Everglades,” Alligator Lake in East Osceola County is part a chain of lakes in south-central Florida.… |