Newest reservoirs in Florida
The year that a reservoir was first filled to the reservoir’s normal elevation – or the year that a natural lake was first dammed – is the determining factor in the age of the body of water. A large reservoir can take more than a year to fill after its dam is first closed. You can find many of the the world’s newest reservoirs on LakeLubbers in the comparison table below. Many of the world’s oldest reservoirs appear on the last page of that list. Note: For some lakes, the completion year data is unknown, so you may see fewer lakes than the total 81 articles we have published for Florida lakes.Thinking about booking a Florida lake vacation home rental, cabin or hotel?
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Below are lakes within USA > US South Region > Florida > Compared by newest (youngest) reservoirs and the year it was completed. This list does not represent all lakes in Florida, only the 81 Florida lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Completion year |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Tarpon, FL (Florida, US South Region, USA, West Central Florida) |
1968 | 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 Istokpoga, FL (Florida, South Florida, US South Region, USA) |
1961 | Lake Istokpoga, located in Highlands County, is Florida’s fifth largest lake and stretches out over 27,692 Florida acres. With a maximum length of 10… |
| Deer Point Lake, FL (Florida, Panhandle West Region, FL, US South Region, USA) |
1961 | Deer Point Lake is located north of Panama City, off of US 331 and SR-77. Primarily used as a public water source, Deer Point Lake is also used for ir… |
| Lake Seminole, FL/GA (Florida, Georgia, Panhandle West Region, FL, Plantation Trace Region, GA, US South Region, USA) |
1957 | Lake Seminole divides its 37,500 watery acres between Georgia and Florida. The lake is conveniently located about 40 miles northwest of Tallahassee, F… |
| Lake Apopka, FL (East Central Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
1941 | Sixty years ago Lake Apopka was a world class bass fishery. Fishing camps dotted the shore of the spring-fed central Florida lake in Orange and Lake C… |
| Lake Talquin, FL (Florida, Panhandle East Region, FL, US South Region, USA) |
1929 | Lake Talquin, 8,800 acres of sparkling Florida water, is conveniently located just a few miles west of Tallahassee. The Florida Power Corporation crea… |
| Lake Rousseau, FL (Cross Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
1909 | He guides his boat carefully over the submerged cypress stumps; it’s just barely light and he doesn’t want to risk hitting anything. The sunken timber… |
| Compass Lake (Florida, Panhandle West Region, FL, US South Region, USA) |
1906 | Often overlooked as a Florida vacation destination, crystal-clear Compass Lake in the Panhandle-West region is far removed from the hectic recreationa… |