Deepest lakes & reservoirs in Metropolitan Region, AL 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.
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Below are lakes within USA > US South Region > Alabama > Metropolitan Region, AL > Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in Metropolitan Region, AL, only the 16 Metropolitan Region, AL lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Martin, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
150 ft | Also known as Martin Lake Lake Martin, located in Central Alabama near Alexander City, stretches out over 44,000 acres with an incredible 750 miles of shoreline. Nestled within… |
| Lake Wedowee, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
135 ft | Also known as R. L. Harris Reservoir, Harris Lake Lake Wedowee, also known as the R. L. Harris Reservoir, is tucked in the foothills of the Talladega and Appalachian Mountains. The lake is an impoundm… |
| Oliver Lake, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
129 ft | Also known as William Bacon Oliver Lake Oliver Lake is the smallest of six lakes formed by a series of locks and dams on the Black Warrior River near Tuscaloosa in west central (Metropolitan… |
| Lake Jordan, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
115 ft | Also known as Jordan Lake, Jordan Reservoir Fun is the name of the game at central Alabama’s Lake Jordan. Offering 6,800 acres of water and 188 miles of shoreline, Lake Jordan has become home to… |
| Lake Tuscaloosa, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
92 ft | Located five miles north of the cities of Tuscaloosa and Northport in western Alabama (Metropolitan Region), Lake Tuscaloosa is a 5,885-acre reservoir… |
| Mitchell Lake, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
90 ft | Also known as Lake Mitchell Centrally-located Mitchell Lake (also known as Lake Mitchell) is 45 miles from Montgomery and 55 miles from Birmingham in the Metropolitan region of A… |
| Lay Lake, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
88 ft | Lay Lake is an impressive 12,000-acre reservoir stretching for 48 miles through the counties of Talladega, Shelby, Coosa, and Chilton in east-central… |
| Holt Lake, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
85 ft | Also known as Holt Reservoir Holt Lake is a 3,300-acre reservoir located about five miles northeast of the City of Tuscaloosa in west-central Alabama. Holt Lake is one of six lake… |
| Bankhead Lake, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
74 ft | Much more like the river it began as than the lake it is now, Bankhead Lake winds it way through the Metropolitan region of Alabama. With twists and t… |
| West Point Lake, AL/GA (Alabama, Georgia, Metropolitan Region, AL, Presidential Pathways Region, GA, US South Region, USA) |
70 ft | West Point Lake, located on the Alabama-Georgia border just north of I-85, stretches 35 miles along the Chattahoochee River. The 25,900-acre reservoir… |
| Logan Martin Lake, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
69 ft | Also known as Lake Logan Martin Logan Martin Lake, located about 30 miles east of Birmingham in east central Alabama, is a 15,263-acre reservoir popular for boating, fishing, and oth… |
| Neely Henry Lake, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
53 ft | Also known as Lake Neely Henry Neely Henry Lake, located about 60 miles northeast of Birmingham in north central Alabama, is an 11,200-acre reservoir popular for boating, fishing, a… |