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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Taylorville, IL (Central Illinois, Illinois, US Midwest Region, USA) |
30 ft | Completed in 1962 by the City of Taylorville, Illinois, Lake Taylorville is the city’s source of water and a major recreation facility. The reservoir… |
| Lake Springfield, IL (Central Illinois, Illinois, US Midwest Region, USA) |
30 ft | Lake Springfield at Springfield, Illinois is the largest municipally owned lake in Illinois at 4,234 acres. City Water, Light & Power built the re… |
| Island Lake, FL (Cross Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
30 ft | Island Lake is a 130-acre spring fed lake in Marion County, Florida. This private lake has no public access, making it a perfect winter or summer retr… |
| Lake Zurich, IL (Chicagoland Region, IL, Illinois, US Midwest Region, USA) |
30 ft | Also known as Cedar Lake Lake Zurich is a charming private lake conveniently located 35 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois and approximately 50 miles south of Milwaukee, Wis… |
| Franklin Pierce Lake, NH (Monadnock Region, NH, New Hampshire, US New England Region, USA) |
30 ft | Also known as Jackman Reservoir Franklin Pierce Lake in New Hampshire’s Monadnock Region is a relatively unknown gem. Also known as Jackman Reservoir, the 520-acre lake sits on the o… |
| Atwood Lake, OH (Northeast Ohio, Ohio, US Midwest Region, USA) |
30 ft | Atwood Lake is nestled in the rolling farm landscapes of Ohio’s Northeast tourism region. The lake straddles the border of Carroll and Tuscarawas Coun… |
| Newman Lake, WA (Northeast Washington, US West Region, USA, Washington) |
30 ft | Newman Lake is a natural 1,200-acre lake located about 20 miles northeast of Spokane, Washington. Although Newman Lake is relatively small compared to… |
| Copake Lake, NY (Hudson Valley Region, NY, New York, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
30 ft | Copake Lake, the largest lake in Columbia County, New York, offers a wide range of activities both on the water and off water through all four seasons… |
| Marindahl Lake, SD (South Dakota, Southeast Region, SD, US Midwest Region, USA) |
30 ft | Also known as Marindahl Reservoir Marindahl Lake, in South Dakotas’s Southeast Region, isn’t the kind of lake you’ll find on lists of the world’s greatest lakes. Indeed, you may not be… |
| J. Edward Roush Lake, IN (East Indiana, Indiana, US Midwest Region, USA) |
30 ft | Also known as Huntington Lake J. Edward Roush Lake is one of three Upper Wabash Valley lakes and is situated in Huntington and Wells counties. The northeastern Indiana shoreline is… |
| Lake Bonham, TX (Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
30 ft | Also known as Bonham City Reservoir Lake Bonham is a 1,020-acre recreation destination in the Prairies and Lakes Region of northern Texas, just south of the Texas-Oklahoma border in Fann… |
| Gillham Lake, AR (Arkansas, Ouachitas Region, AR, US South Region, USA) |
30 ft | Gillham Lake is known as “The Bright Spot of the Cossatot” due to its location on the Cossatot River, a challenging white water stream in Arkansas. Th… |