Largest lakes & reservoirs in Texas 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 68 articles we have published for Texas lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US Southwest Region > Texas > Compared by water volume. This list does not represent all lakes in Texas, only the 68 Texas lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name | Water vol. in ac-ft | Lake description |
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Choke Canyon Lake, TX (South Texas Plains Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
695,000 ac-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 Fork, TX (Piney Woods Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
675,819 ac-ft | (Also known as Lake Fork Reservoir) Lake Fork (also called Lake Fork Reservoir) covers an impressive 27,264 acres in northeast Texas, on the border of the Piney Woods and Prairies and La … |
Cedar Creek Lake, TX (Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
644,785 ac-ft | (Also known as Cedar Creek Reservoir) Cedar Creek Lake (also known as Cedar Creek Reservoir) is located an hour southeast of Dallas in the Prairie and Lakes region of Texas. Created in 196 … |
Lake Lewisville, TX (Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
640,986 ac-ft | (Also known as Lewisville Lake) Lake Lewisville, a favorite spot in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for water sport enthusiasts, offers visitors a variety of recreational pursuits includi … |
O. H. Ivie Lake (Hill Country Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
554,340 ac-ft | (Also known as Lake Ivie, Stacy Reservoir) On a hot summer day in the northern Hill Country region of Texas, Lake Ivie is an ideal place to be. Officially named O.H.Ivie Reservoir, the waters a … |
Possum Kingdom Lake (Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
540,340 ac-ft | (Also known as Possum Kingdom Reservoir) One of the most amusing names in lake recreation has to be Possum Kingdom Lake in the Prairies and Lakes region of Texas. Often called simply PK, the … |
Lake Ray Hubbard, TX (Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
490,000 ac-ft | (Also known as Ray Hubbard Lake, previously known as Forney Reservoir) Everything is bigger in Texas, and Lake Ray Hubbard is no exception. Less than twenty minutes east of Dallas, the reservoir that serves “Big D” offers … |
Lake Conroe, TX (Piney Woods Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
430,260 ac-ft | Houstonians often enjoy weekend getaways at Lake Conroe, a beautiful manmade lake in the Piney Woods region of eastern Texas. Lake Conroe is home to n … |
Lake Palestine, TX (Piney Woods Region, TX, Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
411,290 ac-ft | Just 10 miles from Tyler, Texas (the Rose Capital of World) is Lake Palestine, a water playground dedicated to recreation, water conservation, and wil … |
Canyon Lake, TX (Hill Country Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
382,000 ac-ft | Canyon Lake, with a maximum depth of 125 feet, is one of the deepest and most scenic lakes in Texas. Canyon Lake, formerly known as Canyon Reservoir, … |
Lavon Lake (Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
380,000 ac-ft | (Also known as Lake Lavon, Lavon Reservoir) Lavon Lake holds a special spot in the affections of residents northeast of Dallas. The reservoir, located on the East Fork of the Trinity River in th … |
Lake Whitney (Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
379,100 ac-ft | (Also known as Whitney Lake, Whitney Reservoir) A welcoming oasis of water in the often dry Texas Prairies and Lakes Region, Lake Whitney draws visitors from some of the largest cities in Texas. Abo … |