Deepest lakes & reservoirs in Shasta Cascade 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 12 articles we have published for Shasta Cascade Region, CA lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US West Region > California > Shasta Cascade Region, CA > Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in Shasta Cascade Region, CA, only the 12 Shasta Cascade Region, CA lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Oroville, CA (California, Shasta Cascade Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
695 ft | Also known as Oroville Reservoir Lake Oroville, snuggled into the Sierra Nevada Foothills about 75 miles north of Sacramento, is one of northern California’s favorite playgrounds. Boa … |
| Shasta Lake, CA (California, Shasta Cascade Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
517 ft | Shasta Lake, one of the largest lakes in California, is an outdoor paradise of fresh blue water, awe-inspiring caverns, investigative trails, first cl … |
| Trinity Lake, CA (California, Shasta Cascade Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
390 ft | Also known as Clair Engle Lake In 1976 Tim Brady from Weaverville caught the California record smallmouth bass in Trinity Lake. The quiet lake still draws anglers today, both for th … |
| Whiskeytown Lake, CA (California, Shasta Cascade Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
264 ft | Pristine Whiskeytown Lake is located 8 miles west of Redding in the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, a portion of the larger Shasta-Trinity Recre … |
| Lake Almanor, CA (California, Shasta Cascade Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
90 ft | One of the largest artificial lakes in the state, Lake Almanor lays claim to approximately 28,000 acres of northeastern California. The lake was creat … |
| Bucks Lake, CA (California, Shasta Cascade Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
90 ft | A peregrine falcon, perched in the top of a silvery, windswept pine, watches a sailboat tack back and forth across the clear cool water of Bucks Lake. … |
| Copco Lake, CA (California, Shasta Cascade Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
75 ft | Copco Lake is tucked snugly away into the mountainous country of northern California’s Shasta Cascade region. The region, named after the indigenous S … |
| Lewiston Lake, CA (California, Shasta Cascade Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
65 ft | A great blue heron intent on catching fish for his breakfast stands undisturbed as a canoe glides by, holding an angler with the same idea. With nothi … |
| Lake Madrone, CA (California, Shasta Cascade Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
25 ft | Also known as Madrone Lake Lake Madrone might be small at just 25 acres, but it is anything but scant on looks. The lake is a phenomenal beauty surrounded by a gated mountain co … |
| Tule Lake, CA (California, Shasta Cascade Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
4 ft | Tule Lake, located near the California/Oregon border, comprises about 13,240 acres of the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge. The Tule Lake Basin has … |