Deepest lakes & reservoirs in Eastern Idaho 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 3 articles we have published for Eastern Idaho lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US West Region > Idaho > Eastern Idaho > Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in Eastern Idaho, only the 3 Eastern Idaho lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Palisades Reservoir, ID/WY (Eastern Idaho, Idaho, Southwest Wyoming, US West Region, USA, Wyoming) |
168 ft | Palisades Reservoir is set in southeast Idaho, east of Idaho Falls in a beautiful river valley. The southern end of the reservoir extends into Wyoming … |
| Island Park Reservoir (Eastern Idaho, Idaho, US West Region, USA) |
75 ft | Just half an hour southwest of west Yellowstone, MT, Island Park Reservoir hosts a recreational paradise all its own. The roughly 7000-ace reservoir i … |
| Henrys Lake (Eastern Idaho, Idaho, US West Region, USA) |
21 ft | Also known as Henry's Lake Reservoir Hidden in the far north corner of Eastern Idaho, just over the border from both Montana and Wyoming, Henrys Lake attracts thousands of visitors every … |