Largest lakes & reservoirs in North Central by water volume
This is a comparison for lakes within USA > Southwest > Arizona > North Central > - Compared by Largest Lakes - Water Volume in acre-foot.For some lakes, "Largest Lakes - Water Volume" is unknown or does not apply, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 10 articles we have published for North Central lakes.
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.
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Lake name ![]() |
Water vol. in ac-ft ![]() |
Lake description |
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Lake Powell (Arizona, Canyonlands, Color Country, North Central, Southwest, USA, Utah, West) |
27,000,000 ac-ft | Lake Powell is located in one of Southern Utah’s most picturesque red-rock desert areas and in Arizona’s Navajo Indian Reservation. It is one of the U… |
Roosevelt Lake AZ (Arizona, North Central, Southwest, USA) |
1,653,043 ac-ft | (Also known as Theodore Roosevelt Lake, Lake Roosevelt) With 21,500 acres at full pond and 128 miles of shoreline, Roosevelt Lake is the largest body of water contained entirely within Arizona; the larger L… |
San Carlos Lake (Arizona, North Central, Southwest, USA) |
900,000 ac-ft | San Carlos Lake is on the San Carlos Apache Native American Reservation in north-central Arizona. With 19,500 surface acres of water when full, San Ca… |
Lake Pleasant (Arizona, North Central, Southwest, USA) |
688,500 ac-ft | (Also known as New Lake Pleasant) One of the finest water recreation areas in Arizona, Lake Pleasant is true to its name – a pleasant oasis in a desert setting. Lake Pleasant’s 9,200 s… |
Apache Lake (Arizona, North Central, Southwest, USA) |
245,138 ac-ft | Surrounded by the stark and rugged beauty of Central Arizona’s Superstition Wilderness in the Tonto National Forest, Apache Lake is the perfect destin… |
Bartlett Lake (Arizona, North Central, Southwest, USA) |
178,186 ac-ft | (Also known as Bartlett Reservoir) When driving across Arizona, it is always an amazing experience to come upon a lake. With the desert landscape surrounding the water, the lake jumps o… |
Horseshoe Reservoir (Arizona, North Central, Southwest, USA) |
131,427 ac-ft | Horseshoe Reservoir, in the Arizona Central Region, is a seldom-visited surprise. Horseshoe Lake, as it is often called, was created in 1946, when a d… |
Saguaro Lake (Arizona, North Central, Southwest, USA) |
69,175 ac-ft | (Also known as Saguaro Reservoir) Saguaro Lake is located in the Tonto National Forest within Maricopa County, about 40 miles east of Phoenix. It is a true desert oasis for Valley resi… |
Watson Lake (Arizona, North Central, Southwest, USA) |
4,600 ac-ft | (Also known as Watson Reservoir) Watson Lake is one of two reservoirs (Willow Creek Lake being the other) located within the Granite Dells just outside of Prescott in North Central Ar… |