Largest lakes & reservoirs in Gold Country Region, CA 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 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 water volume. 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  |
Water vol. in ac-ft |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Don Pedro Lake, CA (California, Gold Country Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
2,030,000 ac-ft | (Also known as Lake Don Pedro, Don Pedro Reservoir) Don Pedro Lake, also known as Don Pedro Reservoir and Lake Don Pedro, is nestled into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. With a surface are … |
| Folsom Lake, CA (California, Gold Country Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
1,010,000 ac-ft | Folsom Lake lays magnificently nestled along the American River at the base of the Sierra foothills. It is surrounded by an abundance of striking scen … |
| New Bullards Bar Reservoir, CA (California, Gold Country Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
969,000 ac-ft | (Also known as Bullards Bar Reservoir) New Bullards Bar Reservoir is located on the west side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Yuba County, California, surrounded by the Tahoe and Plumas N … |
| Lake Camanche, CA (California, Gold Country Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
417,120 ac-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 … |
| Donner Lake (California, Gold Country Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
102,000 ac-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 Tulloch, CA (California, Gold Country Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
59,935 ac-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 … |
| Pine Mountain Lake, CA (California, Gold Country Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
7,400 ac-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 of the Pines (California, Gold Country Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
4,150 ac-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 … |
| Lake Wildwood CA (California, Gold Country Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
3,840 ac-ft | A delightful private lake in California’s Gold Country, Lake Wildwood is ideally placed to furnish variety and enjoyment. The 290-acre man-made lake i … |
| Lake Combie (California, Gold Country Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
3,500 ac-ft | (Also known as Combie Lake, Combie Reservoir, Van Giesen) Lake Combie is an impoundment of the Bear River flowing along the Placer and Nevada County line in northwestern California’s Gold Country. Also known … |
| Twain Harte Lake (California, Gold Country Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
143 ac-ft | Set in historic California Gold Country, Twain Harte Lake sparkles like a small mountain gem. Originally home to a village of Mi-Wuc Native Americans … |