Deepest lakes & reservoirs in 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 2151 articles we have published for lakes.
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Below are lakes within Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in , only the 2151 lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Duck Lake (Olympic Peninsula & Pacific Coast Region, WA, US West Region, USA, Washington) |
30 ft | Duck Lake is an unlikely candidate for one of the best fishing lakes in southwestern Washington but holds its own with the best of contenders! Located… |
| Florence Lake (Seattle & Puget Sound Region, WA, US West Region, USA, Washington) |
30 ft | Also known as Lake Florence Florence Lake is special to Seattle and Puget Sound residents. Local tribes were familiar with Anderson Island long before its ‘official’ discovery in… |
| Udai Sagar (India, Rajasthan Region, West India, West India) |
30 ft | One of beautiful Udaipur’s famous man-made lakes, Udai Sagar is likely one of the least visited by tourists. Udaipur, in the Mewar region of the India… |
| Fishhawk Lake (Oregon, The Coast Region, OR, US West Region, USA) |
30 ft | Also known as Fishhawk Lake Estates or Fishhawk Lake Recreation Club Fishhawk Lake is a rare find in the Oregon Coastal Region. The lake is private, a reservoir developed expressly for pristine lakefront living amid som… |
| Lake Henry (Northeastern Mountains Region, PA, Pennsylvania, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
30 ft | Also known as Maplewood Lake, Blueberry Lake Located in Pennsylvania’s Northeast Mountains, Lake Henry is one of the better-kept secrets of the Poconos. At 310 acres, the lake is known by at leas… |
| Hess Lake (Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA, West Central Michigan) |
30 ft | Also known as Big Brooks Lake Hess Lake is a natural freshwater lake in the West Central tourism region of Michigan. Located in Newaygo County in Brooks Township, just southeast of… |
| Catfish Lake (Lake Superior Northwoods Region, WI, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
30 ft | Also known as Eagle River Chain of Lakes Centerpiece of the Eagle River Chain of Lakes, Catfish Lake holds a special spot in the hearts of visitors to the Lake Superior Northwoods region of W… |
| Santa Fe Lake, FL (Florida, North Florida, US South Region, USA) |
30 ft | Also known as Lake Santa Fe Santa Fe Lake, also known as Lake Santa Fe, is a sparkling 5,850-acre expanse that lies in northeastern Alachua County, Florida. Actually divided into… |
| Lake Zegrze (Central Poland, Masovia Region, Central Poland, Poland) |
30 ft | Also known as Lake Zegrzynski, Zegrzynski Reservoir, Zalew Zegrzynskie Lake Zegrze, or more precisely Zalew Zegrzynski, is one of the largest artificial reservoirs in the Masovian Province of central Poland. The reservoir… |
| Lake Independence (Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA, Upper Peninsula Region, MI) |
30 ft | Tucked up against Lake Superior, 1,860-acre Lake Independence is an exceptional recreation destination on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Fed primarily by… |
| Otter Lake WI (Lake Superior Northwoods Region, WI, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
30 ft | Also known as Eagle River Chain of Lakes Otter Lake is one of more than 1,300 lakes, 73 rivers and streams, and a half million acres of forest found within northeastern Wisconsin’s Vilas Coun… |
| Bass Lake, IN (Indiana, North Indiana, US Midwest Region, USA) |
30 ft | Nearly everyone fondly remembers a Bass Lake somewhere. But there are many lakes named Bass Lake, often several per state. This Bass Lake is located i… |