Deepest lakes & reservoirs in North Central Arizona 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 10 articles we have published for North Central Arizona lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US Southwest Region > Arizona > North Central Arizona > Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in North Central Arizona, only the 10 North Central Arizona lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Powell, AZ/UT (Arizona, Canyonlands Region, UT, Color Country, UT, North Central Arizona, US Southwest Region, US West Region, USA, Utah) |
560 ft | Lake Powell is located in one of Southern Utah’s most picturesque red-rock desert areas and in Arizona’s Navajo Indian Reservation. It is one of the U… |
| Roosevelt Lake, AZ (Arizona, North Central Arizona, US Southwest Region, USA) |
349 ft | Also known as Theodore Roosevelt Lake, Lake Roosevelt With 21,500 acres at full pond and 128 miles of shoreline, Roosevelt Lake is the largest body of water contained entirely within Arizona; the larger L… |
| Apache Lake, AZ (Arizona, North Central Arizona, US Southwest Region, USA) |
240 ft | Surrounded by the stark and rugged beauty of Central Arizona’s Superstition Wilderness in the Tonto National Forest, Apache Lake is the perfect destin… |
| Bartlett Lake, AZ (Arizona, North Central Arizona, US Southwest Region, USA) |
174 ft | Also known as Bartlett Reservoir When driving across Arizona, it is always an amazing experience to come upon a lake. With the desert landscape surrounding the water, the lake jumps o… |
| Horseshoe Reservoir, AZ (Arizona, North Central Arizona, US Southwest Region, USA) |
142 ft | Horseshoe Reservoir, in the Arizona Central Region, is a seldom-visited surprise. Horseshoe Lake, as it is often called, was created in 1946, when a d… |
| Lake Pleasant, AZ (Arizona, North Central Arizona, US Southwest Region, USA) |
126 ft | Also known as New Lake Pleasant One of the finest water recreation areas in Arizona, Lake Pleasant is true to its name – a pleasant oasis in a desert setting. Lake Pleasant’s 9,200 s… |
| Saguaro Lake, AZ (Arizona, North Central Arizona, US Southwest Region, USA) |
116 ft | Also known as Saguaro Reservoir Saguaro Lake is located in the Tonto National Forest within Maricopa County, about 40 miles east of Phoenix. It is a true desert oasis for Valley resi… |
| San Carlos Lake, AZ (Arizona, North Central Arizona, US Southwest Region, USA) |
75 ft | San Carlos Lake is on the San Carlos Apache Native American Reservation in north-central Arizona. With 19,500 surface acres of water when full, San Ca… |
| Watson Lake, AZ (Arizona, North Central Arizona, US Southwest Region, USA) |
75 ft | Also known as Watson Reservoir Watson Lake is one of two reservoirs (Willow Creek Lake being the other) located within the Granite Dells just outside of Prescott in North Central Ar… |