{{for|the lake in Iowa|DeSoto Lake (Iowa)}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox body of water | name = DeSoto Lake | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = <!-- Images --> | image = | alt = | caption = | image_bathymetry = | alt_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = <!-- Stats --> | location = Floyd County, Georgia | group = | coordinates = {{coord|34.2242|N|85.1843|W|format=dms|source:wikidata_type:waterbody_region:US-GA|display=inline,title}} | type = reservoir | etymology = | part_of = | inflow = | rivers = | outflow = | oceans = | catchment = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | basin_countries = United States | agency = | designation = | date-built = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} For man-made and other recent bodies of water --> | engineer = | date-flooded = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} For man-made and other recent bodies of water --> | length = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | width = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | area = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | depth = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | max-depth = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | volume = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | residence_time = | salinity = | shore = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | elevation = {{convert|189|m|abbr=on}} <ref name=gnis/> | temperature_high = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | temperature_low = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | frozen = | islands = | islands_category = | sections = | trenches = | benches = | cities = <!-- Map --> | pushpin_map = Georgia (U.S. state) | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = Location of the reservoir in the state of Georgia, USA. | pushpin_map_caption = <!-- Below --> | website = | reference = }} [[File:DeSoto Lake, Darlington School, Rome, GA Nov 2017.jpg|thumb|DeSoto Lake on the Darlington School campus]] '''DeSoto Lake''' is a reservoir in Floyd County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|353611}}</ref>

The lake was named for Hernando de Soto, a Spanish explorer.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IP4vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2jsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4058%2C419834 | title=Floyd County| work=Calhoun Times | date=September 1, 2004 | accessdate=24 April 2015 | pages=63}}</ref>

==See also== *List of lakes in Georgia (U.S. state)

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Category:Reservoirs in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Bodies of water of Floyd County, Georgia

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