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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fountain Lake (Minnesota, Southern Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
14 ft | Fountain Lake is a sparkling 521-acre southern Minnesota lake, featuring three prominently-placed water fountains. Its shores surround the city of Alb… |
| Rainbow Lake, AZ (Arizona, Northern Arizona, US Southwest Region, USA) |
14 ft | Located in Arizona’s resort community of Pinetop-Lakeside, Rainbow Lake’s shores are lined with second homes and private lakeside vacation properties.… |
| Magic Lake, BC (British Columbia, Canada, Canada) |
14 ft | Magic Lake Estates are found along the shore of Magic Lake and spread toward the coast and forested hills of North Pender Island, one of British Colum… |
| Lac qui Parle, MN (Minnesota, Southern Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
14 ft | Thousands of feathered creatures gather here, nesting, breeding and chattering about things only birds would know about. For the myriad sounds the bir… |
| Lake Tarpon, FL (Florida, US South Region, USA, West Central Florida) |
14 ft | Also known as Tarpon Lake, formerly Lake Butler In the West Central Region of Florida, there is no finer lake than Lake Tarpon. The 2529-acre lake, often called the ‘Jewel of Pinellas County’ is onl… |
| Buckeye Lake, OH (Central Ohio, Ohio, US Midwest Region, USA) |
14 ft | Once used for canal transportation, now a year round adventure land, Buckeye Lake in Ohio is a destination worthy of investigation. Located just a sho… |
| Little Glen Lake, MI (Michigan, Northwest Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
13 ft | White sand beaches and strikingly blue water to rival the Caribbean don’t instantly call northwest Michigan to mind, but for Little Glen Lake it’s tru… |
| Lake Deeson, FL (Florida, US South Region, USA, West Central Florida) |
13 ft | After spending decades in the north, raising their children and shoveling snow, they knew they wanted to retire someplace warm — the question was whe… |
| Lake Overholser, OK (Frontier Country, OK, Oklahoma, US Southwest Region, USA) |
13 ft | Constructed in 1919, Lake Overholser is the oldest and smallest of three reservoirs that serve Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Connected to nearby Lake Hefne… |
| Wonder Lake (Chicagoland Region, IL, Illinois, US Midwest Region, USA) |
13 ft | Wonder Lake is the 830-acre centerpiece of a planned lakefront community in the Chicagoland area of Illinois. That was the vision of developers in 192… |
| Chewalla Lake (Hills Region, MS, Mississippi, US South Region, USA) |
12 ft | A little pool of heaven in the Mississippi Hills region describes Chewalla Lake. This 260-acre reservoir provides a place for a cooling swim, excellen… |
| Kiser Lake (Ohio, Southwest Ohio, US Midwest Region, USA) |
12 ft | A surprise awaits visitors to Southwest Ohio when they see Kiser Lake. Nearly 400 acres of water created especially for recreation greet visitors to K… |