Bum Lake, Texas

43.49 acres

Surface Area

Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes

Locator - Texas

32.06 degrees N, 102.71 degrees W - Ector County. State and county outlines drawn from Census boundary data; the lake marker is placed by its Texas Parks and Wildlife Department coordinates, not by eye. Schematic - not a survey map.

How Bum Lake Stacks Up

Larger than 40% of the 1,641 lakes counted in Texas.
The largest lake in Ector County among those counted.
About 310 miles from San Antonio, as the crow flies.

Lakes Nearby

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area
Antelope Lake	Ector	12 mi	27.92 acres
Whalen Lake	Andrews	21 mi	315.55 acres
Shafter Lake	Andrews	24 mi	1,358.83 acres
Hackberry Lake	Andrews	24 mi	34.59 acres
Baird Lake	Andrews	27 mi	179.65 acres
Averitt Number 3 Lake	Ector	29 mi	28.62 acres

Straight-line distance between lake centers.

Facts and Figures

Waterbody ID128927334

CountyEctor

Coordinates32.0570, -102.7116

Questions About Bum Lake

How Big Is Bum Lake?

Bum Lake covers 43.49 acres in Ector County, Texas.

What Is the Largest Lake in Ector County?

Bum Lake is the largest lake in Ector County, at 43.49 acres.

Deepest Natural Lakes in Texas

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Amistad Reservoir	Val Verde	64,900 acres	217 ft
2	Comanche Creek Reservoir	Pecos	3,272 acres	125 ft
3	Belton Lake	Bell	12,385 acres	124 ft
4	O. H. Ivie Reservoir	Concho	19,149 acres	119 ft
5	Stillhouse Hollow Lake	Bell	6,429 acres	107 ft

All 107 Texas lakes ranked by depth

Largest Lakes in Texas

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Toledo Bend Reservoir	Sabine	181,600 acres	110 ft
2	Sam Rayburn Reservoir	San Augustine	114,500 acres	80 ft
3	Lake Livingston	San Jacinto	90,000 acres	77 ft
4	Falcon Reservoir	Zapata	80,555.4 acres	-
5	Amistad Reservoir	Val Verde	64,900 acres	217 ft

All 1,641 Texas lakes ranked by surface area

Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (The National Map) lake data (ID 128927334). Verified October 30, 2026.