Deepest lakes & reservoirs in Gold Country Region, CA 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 13 articles we have published for Gold Country Region, CA lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US West Region > California > Gold Country Region, CA > Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in Gold Country Region, CA, only the 13 Gold Country Region, CA lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| New Melones Lake, CA (California, Gold Country Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
565 ft | Also known as New Melones Reservoir Gently placed into the central Sierra Nevada Mountains near Sonora in Calaveras County, New Melones Lake holds the title of fourth largest reservoir b … |
| Donner Lake (California, Gold Country Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
230 ft | Also known as Truckee Lake Steeped in the history of America’s Emigrant Trail, Donner Lake sits in California’s beautiful Sierra Nevada Mountains. Found within Nevada County’s c … |
| Lake Camanche, CA (California, Gold Country Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
150 ft | Also known as Camanche Reservoir Lake Camanche is situated on the border of Calaveras and Amador Counties in California’s Gold Country tourism region. These two counties played influe … |
| Pine Mountain Lake, CA (California, Gold Country Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
100 ft | Pine Mountain Lake is a private lake and community in Tuolomne County California. With amenities that include a golf course, restaurant and stables op … |
| Lake Tulloch, CA (California, Gold Country Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
80 ft | Also known as Tulloch Lake An impoundment of the Stanislaus River, Lake Tulloch is part of a much larger water system and provides water for both irrigation and recreation. With … |
| Lake of the Pines (California, Gold Country Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
60 ft | Also known as Main Lake, Entrance Pond, Huck Finn Pond, Hazel Lake Located in the foothills of northeastern California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains, Lake of the Pines is a 232-acre private lake surrounded by a gated comm … |