Largest lakes & reservoirs in West Central Florida 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 16 articles we have published for West Central Florida lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US South Region > Florida > West Central Florida > Compared by water volume. This list does not represent all lakes in West Central Florida, only the 16 West Central Florida lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Water vol. in ac-ft |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Kissimmee, FL (East Central Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA, West Central Florida) |
339,200 ac-ft | Lake Kissimmee’s massive 34,948 acre area earns the lake a spot as Florida’s third largest lake, finishing just behind Lake George and Lake Okeechobee… |
| Lake Weohyakapka, FL (Florida, US South Region, USA, West Central Florida) |
45,168 ac-ft | (Also known as Lake Walk-in-Water) In Polk County Florida lies a lake shrouded in a little bit of secrecy, known as Lake Weohyakapka. It is a quiet lake — though getting more and more… |
| Lake Tarpon, FL (Florida, US South Region, USA, West Central Florida) |
22,957 ac-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… |
| Lake Otis, FL (Florida, US South Region, USA, West Central Florida) |
1,916 ac-ft | There’s something special about Lake Otis. Florida’s West Central Region is wealthy in lakes. Winter Haven in Polk County sits in the middle of a huge… |
| Lake Alice, FL (Florida, US South Region, USA, West Central Florida) |
764 ac-ft | Once the home of orange groves and week-end fishing cabins, Lake Alice is quickly becoming exclusive property in a growing bedroom community. Located… |