32 lakes tracked ·
32 with a current elevation reading ·
USGS Water Services + USACE CWMS Data
Florida has 32 lakes and reservoirs tracked here — 32 with a current elevation reading, from USGS Water Services and USACE CWMS Data. Sort the table by level, storage, %-full, or trend, then open any lake for its full elevation-with-datum, trend sparkline, storage, and source-and-vintage stamp. Figures are provisional readings for reference — not for navigation or safety decisions.
Statewide totalsFlorida · USGS + USACE
Lakes tracked
32
32 report a current pool-elevation reading; the rest report storage only.
With elevation reading
32
With %-full figure
0
All Florida lakes
Every lake tracked in Florida. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by name. Elevation lakes
are listed before storage-only lakes; a missing figure always shows "not reported," never an estimate.
Data: USGS Water Services (waterservices.usgs.gov) and USACE CWMS Data (cwms-data.usace.army.mil), retrieved 2026-08-31. Both public domain (a work of the U.S. Government, 17 U.S.C. §105).
Every Florida lake in detail
Each lake tracked in Florida has its full record here — current reading, recent
trend, and the dam behind it where the National Inventory of Dams has one. Use the table above
to jump to a lake, or read straight through.
Bay Lake
USGS · reading Aug 31, 2026, 3:15 AM (UTC-04:00) Provisional
Jim Woodruff is held back by Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam , a concrete gravity structure, resisting the reservoir by its own weight alone , standing 92 ft high and running 7,000 ft along its crest , built across APALACHICOLA in Jackson County , near CHATTAHOCHEE FLA . It was completed in 1954 , and is owned by USACE - Mobile District , to a design credited to CESAM.
Its recorded primary purpose is navigation — the pool is held inside a narrow band to keep a navigable depth, so large swings are rare by design. Its spillway is gated, so the operator can hold the pool above the spillway crest and meter what leaves. NID classes it high hazard potential. That describes what a failure would cost downstream — loss of life would be expected — and says nothing about how likely a failure is, or what condition the dam is in. National Inventory of Dams record FL00435 — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, public domain.
USGS · reading Aug 31, 2026, 3:45 AM (UTC-04:00) Provisional
Pool elevation
68.55 ft
Datum NGVD29
% of conservation pool full
Not reported
Storage
Not reported
Recent trend
↓Falling
−0.1 ft over the trend window
Lake Talquin is held back by Jackson Bluff Dam , an earthfill embankment, holding the pool back by sheer mass and an impervious core rather than by the strength of concrete , standing 65 ft high and running 4,200 ft along its crest , built across OCHLOCKONEE in Gadsden County . It was completed in 1928 , and is owned by Florida Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund (State of Florida) .
Its recorded primary purpose is recreation — holding a stable pool through the season is an operating goal, so a level well off normal in summer is unusual rather than routine. NID classes it high hazard potential. That describes what a failure would cost downstream — loss of life would be expected — and says nothing about how likely a failure is, or what condition the dam is in. Its most recent condition assessment was satisfactory — no deficiencies recognised for expected loading. National Inventory of Dams record FL00108 — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, public domain.
S-79 is held back by W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam , standing 31 ft high and running 1,700 ft along its crest , built across CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER (C-43) in Lee County , near FORT MYERS SHORES DUC AREA . It was completed in 1965 , and is owned by USACE - Jacksonville District , to a design credited to CESAJ.
Its recorded primary purpose is flood risk reduction — the pool is drawn down between storms so there is empty space waiting for the next flood, which is why this level can fall in dry weather and climb sharply after rain. Its spillway is gated, so the operator can hold the pool above the spillway crest and meter what leaves. NID classes it low hazard potential: a failure would be expected to damage little beyond the owner's own property. It is a consequence rating, not a condition rating. National Inventory of Dams record FL00310 — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, public domain.