Deepest lakes & reservoirs in Southwest Illinois 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 Southwest Illinois lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US Midwest Region > Illinois > Southwest Illinois > Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in Southwest Illinois, only the 5 Southwest Illinois lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Lake, IL (Illinois, Southwest Illinois, US Midwest Region, USA) |
55 ft | Horseshoe Lake is an “oxbow” lake in west-central Illinois, created more than 3,000 years ago when a section of the mighty Mississippi River was cut o… |
| Carlyle Lake, IL (Illinois, Southwest Illinois, US Midwest Region, USA) |
35 ft | Also known as Carlyle Reservoir Carlyle Lake, located in south-central Illinois, holds dual titles as largest artificial lake and largest body of water wholly contained within the st… |
| Holiday Shores Lake, IL (Illinois, Southwest Illinois, US Midwest Region, USA) |
28 ft | Also known as Holiday Lake Holiday Shores Lake is a sprawling 430-acre, man-made lake in Madison County, Illinois. Formed by the damming of Joulters Creek in 1965, this unique l… |
| Governor Bond Lake, IL (Illinois, Southwest Illinois, US Midwest Region, USA) |
25 ft | Also known as Greenville New City Lake Governor Bond Lake is proclaimed to be one of Greenville, Illinois best kept secrets. A water supply reservoir built in the late 1960’s has become a t… |