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Deepest Natural Lakes in Florida

Ranked by maximum depth, from Florida FWC lake data. Only natural lakes are ranked - reservoirs and flowages are excluded.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Crooked Lake	Polk	5,040 acres	38 ft
2	Alligator Lake	Columbia	800 acres	35 ft
3	Lake Butler	Orange	1,589 acres	34 ft
4	Lake Conway	Orange	1,080 acres	33 ft
5	Lake Tibet	Orange	1,071 acres	33 ft
6	Lake Down	Orange	912 acres	33 ft
7	Lake Chase	Orange	142 acres	33 ft
8	Lake Stahl	Polk	31 acres	33 ft
9	Alligator Lake	Osceola	3,554 acres	32 ft
10	Lake Sheen	Orange	570 acres	32 ft
11	Lake Winterset	Polk	556 acres	32 ft
12	Lake Dalhousie	Lake	247 acres	31 ft
13	Lake Corrine	Orange	196 acres	31 ft
14	Lake Jackson	Leon	4,000 acres	30 ft
15	Lake Fairview	Orange	405 acres	30 ft
16	Lake Maitland	Orange	449 acres	29 ft
17	Clear Lake	Orange	358 acres	29 ft
18	Lake Hall	Leon	187 acres	29 ft
19	Pocket Lake	Orange	128 acres	29 ft
20	Santa Fe Lake	Alachua	5,850 acres	28 ft
21	Wauseon Bay	Orange	120 acres	28 ft
22	Lake Buckeye	Polk	70 acres	28 ft
23	Lake Harris	Lake	16,023 acres	27 ft
24	Lake Jessamine	Orange	293 acres	27 ft
25	Lake Minnehaha	Orange	98 acres	27 ft
26	Lake Dorr	Lake	1,718 acres	26 ft
27	Lake Osborne	Palm Beach	364 acres	25 ft
28	Hurricane Lake	Okaloosa	318 acres	25 ft
29	Starke Lake	Orange	227 acres	25 ft
30	Lake Tracy	Polk	135 acres	25 ft
31	Lake Yale	Lake	4,041 acres	24 ft
32	Lake Virginia	Orange	226 acres	24 ft
33	Lake Roy	Polk	74 acres	24 ft
34	Lake Ariana	Polk	1,030 acres	23 ft
35	Lake Jackson	Walton	204 acres	23 ft
36	Lake Osceola	Orange	156 acres	23 ft
37	Lake Victor	Holmes	130 acres	23 ft
38	Bear Lake	Santa Rosa	107 acres	23 ft
39	Lake Hatchineha	Osceola	6,558 acres	22 ft
40	Lake Louise	Orange	151 acres	22 ft
41	Lake Stone	Escambia	105 acres	22 ft
42	Lake Martha	Polk	84 acres	22 ft
43	Deer Point Lake	Bay	5,000 acres	21 ft
44	Little Santa Fe Lake	Alachua, Bradford	1,189 acres	21 ft
45	Lake Eloise	Polk	1,175 acres	21 ft
46	Lake Haines	Polk	719 acres	21 ft
47	Lake McLeod	Polk	411 acres	21 ft
48	Thomas Lake	Polk	64 acres	21 ft
49	Lake Palmer	Orange	56 acres	21 ft
50	Lake Gentry	Osceola	1,802 acres	20 ft
51	Stella Lake	Putnam	369 acres	20 ft
52	North Lake Talmadge	Volusia	121 acres	20 ft
53	Watertown Lake	Columbia	46 acres	20 ft
54	Lake Eustis	Lake	7,817 acres	19 ft
55	Johns Lake	Orange, Lake	2,616 acres	19 ft
56	Lake Tarpon	Pinellas	2,534 acres	19 ft
57	Lake Conine	Polk	211 acres	19 ft
58	Lake Griffin	Lake	9,230 acres	18 ft
59	Lake Dora	Lake, Orange	5,635 acres	18 ft
60	Lake Miccosukee	Jefferson, Leon	5,035 acres	18 ft
61	Lake Rochelle	Polk	580 acres	18 ft
62	Ella Lake	Lake, Marion	488 acres	18 ft
63	Lake Cannon	Polk	334 acres	18 ft
64	Lake Wales	Polk	300 acres	18 ft
65	Fish Lake	Osceola	213 acres	18 ft
66	Lake Ida	Palm Beach	145 acres	18 ft
67	Karick Lake	Okaloosa	65 acres	18 ft
68	Lake Mizell	Orange	62 acres	18 ft
69	Lake Kissimmee	Osceola	34,948 acres	17 ft
70	Lake Alto	Alachua	546 acres	17 ft
71	Lake Carlton	Orange, Lake	385 acres	17 ft
72	Lake Deer	Polk	122 acres	17 ft
73	Holly Lake	Lake	99 acres	17 ft
74	Lake Echo	Polk	69 acres	17 ft
75	North Holly Lake	Lake	64 acres	17 ft
76	Lake Maude	Polk	55 acres	17 ft
77	Lake Tohopekaliga	Osceola	18,810 acres	16 ft
78	Lake Marian	Osceola	4,935 acres	16 ft
79	Lake Rosalie	Polk	4,533 acres	16 ft
80	Reedy Lake	Polk	3,507 acres	16 ft
81	Lake Hamilton	Polk	2,174 acres	16 ft
82	Lake Howard	Polk	625 acres	16 ft
83	Lake Hartridge	Polk	433 acres	16 ft
84	Lake Clarke	Palm Beach	63 acres	16 ft
85	Lake Dias	Volusia	725 acres	15 ft
86	Lake Huntley	Highlands	673 acres	15 ft
87	Lake Hollingsworth	Polk	351 acres	15 ft
88	Lower Lake Louise	Volusia	240 acres	15 ft
89	Lake Martin	Bay	134 acres	15 ft
90	Lake Idylwild	Polk	96 acres	15 ft
91	Lake Kerr	Marion	3,687 acres	14 ft
92	Cherry Lake	Madison	485 acres	14 ft
93	Lake Runnymede	Osceola	331 acres	14 ft
94	Lake South Talmadge	Volusia	59 acres	14 ft
95	Lake Monroe	Volusia, Seminole	9,406 acres	13 ft
96	Little Lake Harris	Lake	3,025 acres	13 ft
97	Lake Dexter	Volusia, Lake	2,000 acres	13 ft
98	Lake Sampson	Bradford	1,988 acres	13 ft
99	Lake Smart	Polk	277 acres	13 ft
100	Lake Gleason	Volusia	107 acres	13 ft

Showing the top 100 of 144 counted lakes. Search above, or browse by county on the Florida page, for the full inventory.

Source: Florida FWC lake data. Verified October 30, 2026. New lakes are added as their records are verified - rankings update with every addition.