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Cottonwood Tailings Pond, Arizona
192 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Arizona
33.38 degrees N, 110.96 degrees W - Gila County. State and county outlines drawn from Census boundary data; the lake marker is placed by its USGS National Hydrography Dataset coordinates, not by eye. Schematic - not a survey map.
How Cottonwood Tailings Pond Stacks Up
- Larger than 74% of the 198 lakes counted in Arizona.
- About 64 miles from Phoenix, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solitude Tailings Pond | Gila | 7.4 mi | 143 acres |
| Tailings Pond Number Three | Gila | 7.4 mi | 546 acres |
| Theodore Roosevelt Lake | Gila | 21 mi | 9,075 acres |
| Apache Lake | Maricopa | 23 mi | 2,077 acres |
| Theodore Roosevelt Lake | Gila | 24 mi | 712 acres |
| Tufa Stone Tank | Gila | 28 mi | 45 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Questions About Cottonwood Tailings Pond
How Big Is Cottonwood Tailings Pond?
Cottonwood Tailings Pond covers 192 acres in Gila County, Arizona.
What Is the Largest Lake in Gila County?
San Carlos Reservoir is the largest lake in Gila County, at 13,059 acres.
Largest Lakes in Arizona
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Mohave | Mohave | 27,571 acres | - |
| 2 | Lake Havasu | Mohave | 18,560 acres | - |
| 3 | San Carlos Reservoir | Gila | 13,059 acres | - |
| 4 | Lake Pleasant | Yavapai | 9,186 acres | - |
| 5 | Theodore Roosevelt Lake | Gila | 9,075 acres | - |
All 198 Arizona lakes ranked by surface area
Sources: USGS NHD (The National Map NHD MapServer layer 12) named waterbodies FTYPE 390/436; counties via Census point-in-polygon lake data (ID 128541758). Verified October 30, 2026.