Deepest lakes & reservoirs in Texas 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 68 articles we have published for Texas lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US Southwest Region > Texas > Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in Texas, only the 68 Texas lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name | Max depth in feet | Lake description |
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Stillhouse Hollow Lake, TX (Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
107 ft | As the sun dips below the horizon, a great blue heron surveys the waters at Stillhouse Hollow Lake. Crickets begin their twilight melody as the heron … |
Ray Roberts Lake, TX (Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
106 ft | Also known as Ray Roberts Reservoir, Lake Ray Roberts, Lake Aubrey Sprawling across the prairie in the Texas Prairies & Lakes Region, Ray Roberts Lake is one of the newest lakes in Texas. Named after a Texas legislato … |
Lake Texoma, OK/TX (Arbuckle Country, OK, Oklahoma, Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
100 ft | Also known as Texoma Lake An 89,000-acre jewel set into the landscape of Texas and Oklahoma, Lake Texoma is a sparkling wonder of deep blue water and beautiful green shores. Wi … |
Choke Canyon Lake, TX (South Texas Plains Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
96 ft | Also known as Choke Canyon Reservoir Located 65 miles south of San Antonio, Choke Canyon Lake was impounded in 1982 to supply drinking water to Corpus Christi on the Gulf Coast of Texas. … |
Lake Corpus Christi, TX (Gulf Coast Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
95 ft | Lake Corpus Christi in Texas’s Gulf Coast region is just miles away from the coastline and the big coastal city of Corpus Christi. It is an impoundmen … |
Lake Alan Henry, TX (Panhandle Plains Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
90 ft | Also known as Alan Henry Reservoir Lake Alan Henry, also known as Alan Henry Reservoir, is located in the Texas Panhandle Plains Region, about 45 miles south of Lubbock and four miles e … |
Lake Livingston, TX (Piney Woods Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
90 ft | Also known as Livingston Reservoir Sometimes referred to as a “water wonderland,” Lake Livingston is the second largest lake contained entirely within Texas. With over 450 miles of shor … |
Sam Rayburn Reservoir, TX (Piney Woods Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
90 ft | Also known as Lake Sam Rayburn, McGee Bend Reservoir Sam Rayburn Reservoir, lovingly called “Big Sam”, and formerly known as McGee Bend Reservoir, is the largest lake which lies completely within Texas. … |
Lake Lyndon B. Johnson, TX (Hill Country Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
90 ft | Also known as Lake LBJ Lake Lyndon B. Johnson, also called Lake LBJ, is a 6,449 acre lake located in Llano and Burnet counties of the Texas Hill Country. The third of seven … |
Lake Waco, TX (Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
85 ft | Also known as Waco Lake Lake Waco, also known as Waco Lake, is located in the Prairies and Lakes region of Central Texas. Its boundary lies within the city limits of Waco in … |
Georgetown Lake (Hill Country Region, TX, Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
85 ft | Also known as Lake Georgetown, Georgetown Reservoir A perfect example of an engineered water supply, Georgetown Lake covers nearly 1,300 acres along the North Fork of the San Gabriel River. Part of the … |
Lake Nocona, TX (Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
80 ft | Also known as Farmer's Creek Reservoir, Nocona Lake Lake Nocona, also known as Farmer’s Creek Reservoir, is located in the Prairies and Lakes region of Texas near the Oklahoma border. Managed by the Nor … |