Deepest lakes & reservoirs in Tennessee 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 33 articles we have published for Tennessee lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US South Region > Tennessee > Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in Tennessee, only the 33 Tennessee lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name | Max depth in feet | Lake description |
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Carroll County Thousand Acre Recreation Lake (Tennessee, US South Region, USA, West Tennessee) |
40 ft | Also known as Carroll County 1000 Acre Recreation Lake The Carroll County Thousand Acre Recreation Lake is the newest addition to water-based fun in West Tennessee. This brand-new lake opened for the first … |
Cheatham Lake, TN (Middle Tennessee, Tennessee, US South Region, USA) |
40 ft | Middle Tennessee is blessed with a wealth of recreational opportunities created by Cheatham Lake. The lake itself is more properly called a wide spot … |
Horn Lake, MS/TN (Hills Region, MS, Mississippi, Tennessee, US South Region, USA, West Tennessee) |
27 ft | Also known as "Lakeview" The Mississippi River has been flowing across North American for hundreds of thousands of years. Over time, however, its course changes or adjusts, so … |
Reelfoot Lake, KY/TN (Kentucky, Tennessee, US South Region, USA, West Tennessee, Western Waterlands Region, KY) |
18 ft | Reelfoot Lake makes its home in northwestern Tennessee and extends into southern Kentucky. The lake is young: popular history says that after the New … |