Largest lakes & reservoirs in Shasta Cascade Region, CA by water volume
The estimated volume of water that a lake contains is measured at the lake’s normal elevation. By this measure, the world’s largest freshwater lake is Siberia’s Lake Baikal.Water Volume can be measured in acre-feet, in cubic miles, or in cubic kilometers. One acre-foot is the amount of water needed to cover one acre (43,560 square feet) to a depth of one foot. One cubic mile equals 3,379,200 acre-feet. One cubic kilometer equals 810,713 acre-feet. 1 acre-foot is equal to 325,851 US gallons. Siberia’s Lake Baikal contains about 6,276,367,740,000,000 gallons of freshwater – nearly 1 million gallons for every living person on earth.
The other – and more widely used – measure of a lake’s size is the lake’s surface acreage. By that measure, the world’s largest freshwater lake is North America’s Lake Superior.
Note: In the United States, an acre foot is a unit of volume used to refer to large-scale bodies of water. It is defined by the volume of water needed to cover 1 acre of surface area to a depth of 1 foot.
You can find many of the the world’s largest lakes (by water volume) on LakeLubbers. Note: For some lakes, the water volume data is unknown or does not apply, so you may see fewer lakes than the total 12 articles we have published for Shasta Cascade Region, CA lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US West Region > California > Shasta Cascade Region, CA > Compared by water volume. This list does not represent all lakes in Shasta Cascade Region, CA, only the 12 Shasta Cascade Region, CA lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Water vol. in ac-ft |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Shasta Lake, CA (California, Shasta Cascade Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
4,552,000 ac-ft | Shasta Lake, one of the largest lakes in California, is an outdoor paradise of fresh blue water, awe-inspiring caverns, investigative trails, first cl… |
| Trinity Lake, CA (California, Shasta Cascade Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
2,447,650 ac-ft | (Also known as Clair Engle Lake) In 1976 Tim Brady from Weaverville caught the California record smallmouth bass in Trinity Lake. The quiet lake still draws anglers today, both for th… |
| Lake Almanor, CA (California, Shasta Cascade Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
1,142,960 ac-ft | One of the largest artificial lakes in the state, Lake Almanor lays claim to approximately 28,000 acres of northeastern California. The lake was creat… |
| Clear Lake Reservoir, CA (California, Shasta Cascade Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
527,000 ac-ft | Located in Modoc County, California near the Oregon border, Clear Lake Reservoir stands statuesque among the surrounding hills and plains. The origina… |
| Whiskeytown Lake, CA (California, Shasta Cascade Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
241,096 ac-ft | Pristine Whiskeytown Lake is located 8 miles west of Redding in the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, a portion of the larger Shasta-Trinity Recre… |
| Bucks Lake, CA (California, Shasta Cascade Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
101,926 ac-ft | A peregrine falcon, perched in the top of a silvery, windswept pine, watches a sailboat tack back and forth across the clear cool water of Bucks Lake.… |
| Copco Lake, CA (California, Shasta Cascade Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
46,867 ac-ft | Copco Lake is tucked snugly away into the mountainous country of northern California’s Shasta Cascade region. The region, named after the indigenous S… |
| Lewiston Lake, CA (California, Shasta Cascade Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
14,660 ac-ft | A great blue heron intent on catching fish for his breakfast stands undisturbed as a canoe glides by, holding an angler with the same idea. With nothi… |
| Lake Madrone, CA (California, Shasta Cascade Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
200 ac-ft | (Also known as Madrone Lake) Lake Madrone might be small at just 25 acres, but it is anything but scant on looks. The lake is a phenomenal beauty surrounded by a gated mountain co… |