Deepest lakes & reservoirs in Willamette Valley Region, OR 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 2 articles we have published for Willamette Valley Region, OR lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US West Region > Oregon > Willamette Valley Region, OR > Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in Willamette Valley Region, OR, only the 2 Willamette Valley Region, OR lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lake, OR (Oregon, US West Region, USA, Willamette Valley Region, OR) |
440 ft | Conveniently located just 46 miles south of Salem in Oregon’s Willamette Valley tourism region lies Detroit Lake, a 3,580-acre artificial freshwater r… |
| Fern Ridge Lake, OR (Oregon, US West Region, USA, Willamette Valley Region, OR) |
35 ft | Also known as Fern Ridge Reservoir Fern Ridge Lake is the largest of thirteen flood control reservoirs in Oregon’s Williamette Valley. With 9000 acres of water, Fern Ridge Lake is a pre… |