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 |
|---|---|---|
| Delaware Lake, OH (Central Ohio, Ohio, US Midwest Region, USA) |
29 ft | Also known as Lake Delaware Delaware Lake is a central Ohio reservoir designed and constructed by the Huntington District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps’ Ohio Riv… |
| Spoon Lake (Glacier Country, MT, Montana, US West Region, USA) |
28 ft | Set along the western edge of Montana’s Glacier National Park, amid towering mountain peaks and lush, echoing valleys, Spoon Lake rests in an outdoor… |
| Chippewa Lake (Northeast Ohio, Ohio, US Midwest Region, USA) |
28 ft | Chippewa Lake in Northeast Ohio is a little natural wonder, formed by retreating glaciers about 12,000 years ago that left a depression along Chippewa… |
| Lake Eustis (East Central Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
28 ft | Also known as Harris Chain of Lakes One of the unsung gems of Central Florida’s Lake County is Lake Eustis. Nearly 8,000 acres, Lake Eustis is a central link in the Harris Chain of Lakes… |
| Lake Pichola (India, Rajasthan Region, West India, West India) |
28 ft | A watery surprise awaits visitors to Udaipur in India’s semi-arid Rajasthan region: beautiful Lake Pichola. The first of a series of man-made lakes, L… |
| Carter Lake IA (Iowa, Metro Region, NE, Nebraska, Southwest Iowa, US Midwest Region, USA) |
28 ft | In the late 1800’s the Missouri River changed its course, altering the future of the area around Omaha, Nebraska and creating Carter Lake. Spanning pa… |
| Lake Lemon, IN (Indiana, South Central Indiana, US Midwest Region, USA) |
28 ft | Located in the beautiful rolling hills of southern Indiana, Lake Lemon can be found just a few miles northeast of Bloomington, Indiana. The natural sp… |
| Red Feather Lakes (Colorado, Front Range Region, CO, US West Region, USA) |
28 ft | Also known as Dowdy Lake, Parvin Lake, West Lake, Bellaire Lake, Creedmore Lake, Lost Lake One of the most interesting lake systems on Colorado’s Front Range is Red Feather Lakes. The community’s name is derived from a popular Native America… |
| Cochnewagon Pond, ME (Kennebec & Moose River Valleys Region, ME, Maine, US New England Region, USA) |
28 ft | Also known as Cochnewagon Lake Cozy Cochnewagon Lake is tucked within Kennebec County, about 16 miles southwest of Augusta, Maine’s capital city. Also known as Cochnewagon Pond, thi… |
| Bass Lake, MI (Michigan, Northwest Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
28 ft | Most of the lakes in the northwest region of Michigan are glacial in origin, and Bass Lake is no exception. The lake has 344 surface acres of water wi… |
| Blackduck Lake, MN (Minnesota, Northwest Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
28 ft | Bald eagles gracefully swoop over elegant sandbars and around the large, peaceful island situated directly in the middle of Blackduck Lake. Located ju… |
| Harris Brake Lake, AR (Arkansas, Ouachitas Region, AR, US South Region, USA) |
28 ft | The essence of small-town life is vastly different from one community to the next and in the Arkansas River Valley, Harris Brake Lake gives the tiny t… |