Largest lakes & reservoirs in Southeast Colorado 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 11 articles we have published for Southeast Colorado lakes.
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Lake name  |
Water vol. in ac-ft |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Navajo Lake NM (Colorado, New Mexico, Northwest New Mexico, NM, Southeast Colorado, US Southwest Region, US West Region, USA) |
1,036,100 ac-ft | (Also known as Navajo Reservoir) Navajo Lake offers a surprising and welcome expanse of water in northwestern New Mexico. The 15,600-acre reservoir stretches north into southwest Colo… |
| Vallecito Lake, CO (Colorado, Southeast Colorado, US West Region, USA) |
129,700 ac-ft | (Also known as Vallecito Reservoir) The quest for a reliable source of irrigation water in Colorado’s dry Southwest Region brought Vallecito Lake into being. Twenty-two miles north of Du… |
| Neegronda Reservoir, CO (Colorado, Southeast Colorado, US West Region, USA) |
97,069 ac-ft | (Also known as Nee Gronda Reservoir) Flocks of snow geese skim golden short grass prairie to land on the precious water of Neegronda Reservoir. Dotted with cottonwood trees around its sho… |
| Adobe Creek Reservoir, CO (Colorado, Southeast Colorado, US West Region, USA) |
87,000 ac-ft | (Also known as Blue Lake) For the true, unhurried western vacation in Southeastern Colorado, make the trip to Adobe Creek Reservoir. The reservoir, also known as Blue Lake pres… |
| Neenoshe Reservoir, CO (Colorado, Southeast Colorado, US West Region, USA) |
82,121 ac-ft | (Also known as Nee Noshe Reservoir) Everyone knows the song about “a home where the deer and the antelope play.” For the people who live around the Great Plains Reservoirs, that home is… |
| John Martin Reservoir, CO (Colorado, Southeast Colorado, US West Region, USA) |
66,000 ac-ft | Standing among the large boulders on the gravel shore watching bald eagles soar over the water, it’s easy to believe that John Martin Reservoir is an… |
| Lake Meredith, CO (Colorado, Southeast Colorado, US West Region, USA) |
41,413 ac-ft | Water sports reign supreme on Lake Meredith, which covers more than 5,500 acres in Southeastern Colorado’s Crowley County. Boating, jet skiing, fishin… |
| Neesopah Reservoir, CO (Colorado, Southeast Colorado, US West Region, USA) |
34,372 ac-ft | (Also known as Nee Sopah Reservoir) Its acres and acres of grasses and grains and endless uninterrupted views have inspired legends and songs about the Great Plains. Tucked away in the s… |
| Neeskah Reservoir, CO (Colorado, Southeast Colorado, US West Region, USA) |
32,985 ac-ft | (Also known as Upper and Lower Queen Reservoir) Set in the golden short grass prairie of southeastern Colorado, Neeskah Reservoir is a small fertile gem of precious water. Along with its sister rese… |
| Trinidad Lake, CO (Colorado, Southeast Colorado, US West Region, USA) |
30,815 ac-ft | (Also known as Trinidad Reservoir) Seated at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in southeastern Colorado, Trinidad Lake is a great place to fish, boat, sail, and enjoy the outdoors. W… |