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| Rating | County | Lake Name | Depth (Inches) |
| 1 | Cook | Virginia Lake | 196 |
| 2 | Lake | West Loon Lake | 146 |
| 3 | Lake | Cedar Lake | 133 |
| 4 | McHenry | Highwood Lake | 122* |
| 5 | Lake | Druce Lake | 121 |
| 6 | Lake | Lake Minear | 119* |
| 7 | Lake | Little Silver Lake | 117 |
| 8 | McHenry | Crystal Lake | 109 |
| 9 | Lake | Round Lake | 104 |
| 10 | Lake | Lake Zurich | 101 |
| 11 | Cook | Indian Lake | 96* |
| 12 | Cook | Park Lake (Northfield Twp) | 94 |
| 13 | Lake | Wooster Lake | 90 |
| 14 | Lake | Honey Lake | 84 |
| 15 | Lake | Lake Linden | 82* |
| 16 | Lake | East Loon Lake | 78 |
| 17 | Cook | Park Lake (Maine Twp) | 74* |
| 18 | DuPage | Grove Lake | 68 |
| 19 | McHenry | Silver Lake | 67 |
| 20 | Will | Joliet Junior College Lake | 66* |
| 21 | McHenry | Jaycees Park Lake | 66 |
| 22 | Lake | Gages Lake | 65 |
| 23 | Lake | Lake Catherine | 63 |
| 24 | McHenry | Lake in the Hills #1 | 57 |
| 25 | Lake | Channel Lake | 54 |
| 26 | Lake | Lake Barrington | 46* |
| 27 | DuPage | Herrick Lake | 43 |
| 28 | Lake | Long Lake | 40 |
| 29 | Lake | Bluff Lake | 39 |
| 30 | Cook | Chicago Botanical Garden Lakes | 38 |
| 31 | McHenry | McCullom Lake | 38 |
| 32 | Cook | Lake George | 36 |
| 33 | Lake | Waterford Lake | 33 |
| 34 | Lake | Lake Marie | 33 |
| 35 | Cook | Lake Oakton | 32 |
| 36 | Lake | Loch Lamond | 31* |
| 37 | Lake/McHenry | Pistakee Lake | 26 |
| 38 | Lake | Petite Lake | 26 |
| 39 | Lake | Duck Lake | 23 |
| 40 | Lake/McHenry | Island Lake | 23 |
| 41 | DuPage | Lambert Lake | 22 |
| 42 | Lake | Timberlake | 22 |
| 43 | Cook | Harrow Gate Lake | 20 |
| 44 | Lake | Meadowlake West | 20 |
| 45 | Cook | Busse Lake | 18 |
| 46 | Lake | Fox Lake | 17 |
| 47 | Cook | Turtle Pond | 17 |
| 48 | DuPage | Rice Lake | 15 |
| 49 | Cook | Kollar Pond | 13 |
| 50 | Lake | Grass Lake | 12 |
| 51 | Lake | Slocum Lake | 10 |
| * Transparency limited by aquatic plants or total depth on at least one monitoring date | |||
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