List of largest reservoirs in the United States

This is a list of largest reservoirs in the United States, including all artificial lakes with a capacity greater than or equal to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km³). Figures given are for maximum storage capacity (flood pool) of reservoirs, not regular storage volume (conservation pool). This difference is significant in reservoirs such as Kentucky Lake, whose full capacity is nearly three times that of its conservation pool.

Lake Powell, impounded by Glen Canyon Dam, is the second-largest reservoir in the U.S.

Due to sedimentation and other factors that affect a reservoir's storage capacity over time, some data listed might not accurately reflect actual current conditions in certain reservoirs. For example, Lake Mead – the largest reservoir in the U.S. – could store more than 32.4 million acre-feet (40.1 km³) when first filled, but sediment accumulation has reduced this to 28.9 million acre-feet (35.6 km³).

List

Key
† Reservoir is an existing lake raised by a dam; only the volume added by the dam is listed	Reservoir not entirely within the United States	‡ Offstream reservoir	N.F. = North Fork (ditto S.F., E.F., W.F.)

Name	State(s)	Coordinates	Capacity		Surface area		Dam(s)	River	Year[n 1]
			Acre-feet	km3	Acres	Ha
Abiquiu Lake	NM	36°16′35″N 106°28′31″W	1,192,801	1.471	12,430	5,030	Abiquiu Dam	Rio Chama	1963
Alamo Lake	AZ	34°17′47″N 113°32′43″W	1,043,000	1.287	17,000	6,900	Alamo Dam	Bill Williams River	1968
Allegheny Reservoir	NY PA	41°57′36″N 78°56′04″W	1,300,000	1.604	21,180	8,570	Kinzua Dam	Allegheny River	1965
American Falls Reservoir[1]	ID	42°54′29″N 112°45′04″W	1,672,600	2.063	56,000	23,000	American Falls Dam	Snake River	1978
Amistad Reservoir	COA TX	29°28′14″N 101°06′06″W	5,658,600	6.980	64,900	26,300	Amistad Dam	Rio Grande	1969
Arkabutla Lake	MS	34°44′34″N 90°06′13″W	1,383,800	1.707	30,000	12,000	Arkabutla Dam	Coldwater River	1943
Banks Lake	WA	47°47′54″N 119°12′01″W	1,275,000	1.573	26,900	10,900	Dry Falls Dam, North Dam	Grand Coulee‡	1949
Beaver Lake	AR	36°21′17″N 93°55′28″W	1,950,000	2.405	31,700	12,800	Beaver Dam	White River	1966
Belton Lake	TX	31°08′00″N 97°30′30″W	1,876,700	2.315	37,340	15,110	Belton Dam	Leon River	1954
Bighorn Lake	MT WY	45°06′22″N 108°11′13″W	1,381,189	1.704	17,300	7,000	Yellowtail Dam	Bighorn River	1967
Broken Bow Lake	OK	34°12′32″N 94°41′00″W	1,368,230	1.688	18,000	7,300	Broken Bow Dam	Mountain Fork	1968
Brownlee Reservoir	ID OR	44°35′34″N 117°07′31″W	1,426,700	1.760	15,000	6,100	Brownlee Dam	Snake River	1958
Bull Shoals Lake	AR MO	36°29′52″N 92°45′58″W	5,760,000	7.105	71,240	28,830	Bull Shoals Dam	White River	1951
Canyon Ferry Lake	MT	46°31′15″N 111°34′22″W	1,997,900	2.464	35,181	14,237	Canyon Ferry Dam	Missouri River	1954
Cedar Creek Reservoir	TX	32°16′08″N 96°08′23″W	1,085,000	1.338	34,000	14,000	Joe B. Hogsett Dam	Cedar Creek	1965
Center Hill Lake	TN	36°01′42″N 85°45′17″W	2,092,000	2.580	18,220	7,370	Center Hill Dam	Caney Fork	1948
Cherokee Lake	TN	36°15′57″N 83°22′17″W	1,541,000	1.901	28,780	11,650	Cherokee Dam	Holston River	1941
Dale Hollow Reservoir	KY TN	36°36′41″N 85°18′40″W	1,706,000	2.104	27,700	11,200	Dale Hollow Dam	Obey River	1943
DeGray Lake	AR	34°14′36″N 93°11′29″W	1,377,100	1.699	18,000	7,300	DeGray Dam	Caddo River	1972
Don Pedro Reservoir[2]	CA	37°46′46″N 120°21′43″W	2,030,000	2.504	12,960	5,240	New Don Pedro Dam	Tuolumne River	1971
Douglas Lake	TN	35°59′33″N 83°22′20″W	1,461,000	1.802	28,420	11,500	Douglas Dam	French Broad River	1943
Dworshak Reservoir	ID	46°36′38″N 116°06′27″W	3,469,900	4.280	16,418	6,644	Dworshak Dam	N.F. Clearwater River	1973
Elephant Butte Lake	NM	33°18′35″N 107°09′58″W	2,065,010	2.547	35,984	14,562	Elephant Butte Dam	Rio Grande	1916
Enid Lake	MS	34°09′05″N 89°48′32″W	1,213,500	1.497	28,000	11,000	Enid Dam	Yocona River	1952
Eufaula Lake	OK	35°17′19″N 95°32′33″W	3,798,000	4.685	105,000	42,000	Eufaula Dam	Canadian River	1964
Falcon Lake	TAM TX	26°44′20″N 99°13′48″W	2,645,646	3.263	87,400	35,400	Falcon Dam	Rio Grande	1954
Falls Lake	NC	36°01′16″N 78°42′46″W	1,020,980	1.259	12,410	5,020	Falls Dam	Neuse River	1981
Flathead Lake†	MT	47°54′05″N 114°06′09″W	1,217,000	1.501	126,000	51,000	SKQ Dam	Flathead River	1939
Flaming Gorge Reservoir	UT WY	41°05′37″N 109°32′40″W	3,788,700	4.673	42,020	17,000	Flaming Gorge Dam	Green River	1964
Fort Gibson Lake	OK	35°57′10″N 95°16′24″W	1,292,000	1.594	19,900	8,100	Fort Gibson Dam	Neosho River	1949
Fort Peck Lake[3]	MT	47°45′23″N 106°43′28″W	19,100,000	23.560	245,000	99,000	Fort Peck Dam	Missouri River	1940
Fontana Lake	NC	35°26′13″N 83°40′44″W	1,443,000	1.780	10,240	4,140	Fontana Dam	Little Tennessee River	1944
F.D. Roosevelt Lake[4]	WA	48°19′53″N 118°10′27″W	9,562,000	11.795	80,000	32,000	Grand Coulee Dam	Columbia River	1942
Grand Lake o' the Cherokees	OK	36°36′49″N 94°50′54″W	1,672,000	2.062	46,500	18,800	Pensacola Dam	Neosho River	1940
Greers Ferry Lake	AR	35°31′25″N 92°07′21″W	2,844,000	3.508	40,500	16,400	Greers Ferry Dam	Little Red River	1962
Grenada Lake	MS	33°49′54″N 89°43′42″W	2,722,100	3.358	35,820	14,500	Grenada Dam	Yalobusha River	1954
Guntersville Lake[5]	AL	34°30′38″N 86°09′33″W	1,018,700	1.257	67,900	27,500	Guntersville Dam	Tennessee River	1939
Hugo Lake	OK	34°03′52″N 95°24′56″W	1,274,110	1.572	35,045	14,182	Hugo Lake Dam	Kiamichi River	1974
Hungry Horse Reservoir	MT	48°13′32″N 113°47′56″W	3,467,179	4.277	23,813	9,637	Hungry Horse Dam	S.F. Flathead River	1953
John H. Kerr Reservoir	NC VA	36°34′23″N 78°29′10″W	3,363,500	4.149	83,200	33,700	John H. Kerr Dam	Roanoke River	1953
Jordan Lake	NC	35°44′35″N 79°01′36″W	1,646,560	2.031	31,800	12,900	B. Everett Jordan Dam	Haw River	1983
Kaw Lake	OK	36°46′14″N 96°49′43″W	1,070,310	1.320	38,000	15,000	Kaw Dam	Arkansas River	1976
Kentucky Lake	KY TN	36°31′26″N 88°02′13″W	6,129,000	7.560	160,300	64,900	Kentucky Dam	Tennessee River	1944
Keystone Lake	OK	36°13′50″N 96°17′50″W	1,737,600	2.143	54,320	21,980	Keystone Dam	Arkansas River	1964
Lake Almanor	CA	40°15′21″N 121°10′08″W	1,308,000	1.613	28,160	11,400	Canyon Dam	N.F. Feather River	1910
Lake Barkley	KY TN	36°52′14″N 87°59′12″W	2,082,000	2.568	57,920	23,440	Barkley Dam	Cumberland River	1966
Lake Berryessa	CA	38°35′25″N 122°13′32″W	1,602,000	1.976	20,700	8,400	Monticello Dam	Putah Creek	1957
Lake Cumberland	KY	36°55′05″N 85°00′58″W	6,089,000	7.511	65,530	26,520	Wolf Creek Dam	Cumberland River	1951
Lake Elwell	MT	48°20′43″N 111°15′10″W	1,515,000	1.869	14,842	6,006	Tiber Dam	Marias River	1956
Lake Francis Case	SD	43°26′31″N 99°12′33″W	5,700,000	7.031	102,000	41,000	Fort Randall Dam	Missouri River	1956
Lake Hartwell	GA SC	34°29′44″N 82°49′14″W	3,438,700	4.242	55,950	22,640	Hartwell Dam	Savannah River	1962
Lake Jocassee	NC SC	34°58′52″N 82°56′17″W	1,185,000	1.462	7,565	3,061	Jocassee Dam	Keowee River	1975
Lake Kemp	TX	33°45′20″N 99°08′52″W	1,040,000	1.283	16,640	6,730	Lake Kemp Dam	Wichita River	1923
Lake Koocanusa[6]	BC MT	48°49′03″N 115°16′41″W	5,869,200	7.240	46,700	18,900	Libby Dam	Kootenai River	1975
Lake Lanier	GA	34°14′08″N 83°57′09″W	2,554,000	3.150	47,182	19,094	Buford Dam	Chattahoochee River	1956
Lake Livingston	TX	30°44′39″N 95°08′02″W	2,135,324	2.634	91,000	37,000	Livingston Dam	Trinity River	1969
Lake Marion	SC	33°27′23″N 80°19′45″W	1,230,000	1.517	110,000	45,000	Santee Dam	Santee River	1942
Lake Martin	AL	32°51′41″N 85°53′26″W	1,622,000	2.001	44,000	18,000	Martin Dam	Tallapoosa River	1927
Lake McClure[7]	CA	37°38′22″N 120°16′50″W	1,032,000	1.273	7,147	2,892	New Exchequer Dam	Merced River	1967
Lake McConaughy	NE	41°15′38″N 101°50′38″W	1,740,000	2.146	35,700	14,400	Kingsley Dam	N. Platte River	1941
Lake Mead[8]	AZ NV	36°08′28″N 114°25′46″W	28,945,000	35.703	161,000	65,000	Hoover Dam	Colorado River	1936
Lake Meredith	TX	35°38′14″N 101°39′32″W	2,434,220	3.003	21,640	8,760	Sanford Dam	Canadian River	1965
Lake Mohave	AZ NV	35°24′37″N 114°38′12″W	1,818,300	2.243	26,500	10,700	Davis Dam	Colorado River	1951
Lake Moultrie	SC	33°18′23″N 80°03′21″W	1,110,000	1.369	60,000	24,000	Pinopolis Dam	Cooper River	1942
Lake Murray	SC	34°03′52″N 81°22′07″W	2,200,000	2.714	50,000	20,000	Saluda Dam	Saluda River	1930
Lake Norman	NC	35°31′52″N 80°56′32″W	1,093,600	1.349	32,510	13,160	Cowans Ford Dam	Catawba River	1964
Lake Oahe	ND SD	45°17′53″N 100°18′08″W	23,500,000	28.987	370,000	150,000	Oahe Dam	Missouri River	1962
Lake of the Ozarks	MO	38°09′40″N 92°47′44″W	1,990,000	2.455	55,000	22,000	Bagnell Dam	Osage River	1931
Lake Oroville[9]	CA	39°34′15″N 121°27′49″W	3,537,577	4.364	15,805	6,396	Oroville Dam	Feather River	1968
Lake Ouachita	AR	34°35′46″N 93°18′58″W	2,768,000	3.414	48,300	19,500	Blakely Mountain Dam	Ouachita River	1952
Lake Pend Oreille†	ID	48°08′58″N 116°23′03″W	1,153,000	1.422	94,700	38,300	Albeni Falls Dam	Pend Oreille River	1951
Lake Pleasant[10]	AZ	33°53′22″N 112°16′52″W	1,108,600	1.367	12,040	4,870	New Waddell Dam	Agua Fria River	1994
Lake Powell[11]	AZ UT	37°19′15″N 110°47′37″W	26,214,900	32.336	163,000	66,000	Glen Canyon Dam	Colorado River	1966
Lake Ray Roberts	TX	33°24′28″N 97°01′30″W	1,931,900	2.383	29,350	11,880	Ray Roberts Dam	Elm Fork Trinity River	1986
Lake Red Rock[12]	IA	41°25′49″N 93°09′30″W	1,436,000	1.771	64,480	26,090	Red Rock Dam	Des Moines River	1969
Lake Sakakawea	ND	47°45′57″N 102°17′17″W	24,300,000	29.974	382,000	155,000	Garrison Dam	Missouri River	1953
Lake Sharpe	SD	44°11′24″N 99°40′54″W	1,910,000	2.356	56,884	23,020	Big Bend Dam	Missouri River	1966
Lake Shelbyville	IL	39°28′18″N 88°42′50″W	1,143,000	1.410	11,100	4,500	Shelbyville Dam	Kaskaskia River	1970
Lake Strom Thurmond	GA SC	33°48′48″N 82°19′01″W	3,820,000	4.712	71,100	28,800	J. Strom Thurmond Dam	Savannah River	1954
Lake Tawakoni	TX	32°48′29″N 95°55′14″W	1,660,000	2.048	35,840	14,500	Iron Bridge Dam	Sabine River	1960
Lake Texoma	OK TX	33°54′39″N 96°39′06″W	4,997,079	6.164	89,000	36,000	Denison Dam	Red River	1943
Lake Travis	TX	30°24′51″N 97°59′28″W	1,134,956	1.400	19,297	7,809	Mansfield Dam	Colorado River (Texas)	1942
Lake Umatilla	OR WA	45°47′25″N 120°03′22″W	2,530,000	3.121	55,000	22,000	John Day Dam	Columbia River	1971
Lake Wallula	OR WA	46°03′28″N 118°56′31″W	1,350,000	1.665	38,800	15,700	McNary Dam	Columbia River	1954
Lake Winnibigoshish†	MN	47°26′16″N 94°11′40″W	1,072,000	1.322	67,800	27,400	Winnibigoshish Lake Dam	Mississippi River	1884
Leech Lake†	MN	47°09′48″N 94°24′37″W	1,000,000	1.233	102,948	41,662	Leech Lake Dam	Leech Lake River	1885
Lewis Smith Lake	AL	33°57′24″N 87°06′36″W	1,390,000	1.715	21,200	8,600	Smith Lake Dam	Sipsey Fork	1961
Lewisville Lake	TX	33°06′34″N 96°58′17″W	2,082,800	2.569	23,040	9,320	Lewisville Dam	Elm Fork Trinity River	1955
Mark Twain Lake[13]	MO	39°39′16″N 91°45′13″W	2,103,120	2.594	53,200	21,500	Clarence Cannon Dam	Salt River (Missouri)	1983
Milford Lake[14]	KS	39°09′39″N 96°55′12″W	1,125,200	1.388	33,000	13,000	Milford Dam	Republican River	1967
Millwood Lake	AR	33°44′47″N 93°58′59″W	1,854,930	2.288	29,200	11,800	Millwood Dam	Little River (Red River)	1966
Navajo Lake	CO NM	36°53′47″N 107°27′48″W	1,708,600	2.108	15,610	6,320	Navajo Dam	San Juan River	1962
New Melones Lake[15]	CA	37°59′32″N 120°31′46″W	2,420,000	2.985	12,500	5,100	New Melones Dam	Stanislaus River	1979
Norfork Lake	AR MO	36°21′33″N 92°14′01″W	1,983,000	2.446	22,000	8,900	Norfork Dam	North Fork River	1944
Norris Lake	TN	36°17′25″N 83°55′02″W	2,040,000	2.516	34,200	13,800	Norris Dam	Clinch River	1936
Oologah Lake	OK	35°32′57″N 95°36′13″W	1,519,000	1.874	56,800	23,000	Oologah Dam	Verdigris River	1963
Owyhee Reservoir	OR	43°27′41″N 117°20′13″W	1,183,300	1.460	13,500	5,500	Owyhee Dam	Owyhee River	1932
Painted Rock Reservoir	AZ	33°01′37″N 112°52′00″W	2,491,700	3.073	53,200	21,500	Painted Rock Dam	Gila River	1960
Palisades Reservoir[16]	ID WY	43°14′31″N 111°07′11″W	1,401,000	1.728	16,000	6,500	Palisades Dam	Snake River	1957
Pathfinder Reservoir[17]	WY	42°25′17″N 106°54′48″W	1,016,500	1.254	22,000	8,900	Pathfinder Dam	N. Platte River	1909
Perry Lake[18]	KS	39°10′44″N 95°27′29″W	1,417,683	1.749	25,389	10,275	Perry Dam	Delaware River (Kansas)	1966
Pine Flat Lake[19]	CA	36°51′39″N 119°17′55″W	1,000,000	1.233	5,970	2,420	Pine Flat Dam	Kings River	1954
Quabbin Reservoir	MA	42°21′39″N 72°18′06″W	1,274,000	1.571	24,529	9,927	Winsor Dam, Goodnough Dike	Swift River	1939
Red Lake Reservoir†	MN	48°04′24″N 95°01′44″W	3,428,000	4.228	288,640	116,810	Lower Red Lake Dam	Red Lake River	1931
Richard B. Russell Lake	GA SC	34°05′09″N 82°38′34″W	1,488,170	1.836	26,650	10,780	Richard B. Russell Dam	Savannah River	1985
Richland-Chambers Reservoir	TX	31°58′46″N 96°11′29″W	1,743,000	2.150	44,752	18,110	Richland Creek Dam	Richland Creek	1987
Riffe Lake	WA	46°28′44″N 122°17′41″W	1,685,000	2.078	11,830	4,790	Mossyrock Dam	Cowlitz River	1968
Ross Lake	BC WA	48°51′04″N 121°01′31″W	1,435,000	1.770	11,700	4,700	Ross Dam	Skagit River	1949
Sam Rayburn Reservoir	TX	31°12′37″N 94°17′04″W	3,997,600	4.931	114,500	46,300	Sam Rayburn Dam	Angelina River	1965
San Luis Reservoir	CA	37°03′22″N 121°07′12″W	2,041,000	2.518	12,700	5,100	San Luis Dam	San Luis Creek‡	1967
Sardis Lake	MS	34°29′16″N 89°38′37″W	1,512,000	1.865	58,500	23,700	Sardis Dam	Little Tallahatchie River	1940
Seminoe Reservoir	WY	42°02′07″N 106°50′56″W	1,017,279	1.255	20,291	8,211	Seminoe Dam	N. Platte River	1939
Shasta Lake[20]	CA	40°46′29″N 122°18′01″W	4,552,000	5.615	29,740	12,040	Shasta Dam	Sacramento River	1945
Smith Mountain Lake	VA	37°04′48″N 79°37′15″W	2,300,000	2.837	20,600	8,300	Smith Mountain Dam	Roanoke River	1963
Stockton Lake[21]	MO	37°36′43″N 93°46′16″W	1,674,000	2.065	63,200	25,600	Stockton Dam	Sac River	1969
Strawberry Reservoir	UT	40°09′55″N 111°07′32″W	1,106,500	1.365	17,163	6,946	Soldier Creek Dam	Strawberry River	1974
Table Rock Lake	AR MO	36°37′18″N 93°24′28″W	3,462,000	4.270	52,300	21,200	Table Rock Dam	White River	1958
Tenkiller Ferry Lake	OK	35°40′02″N 94°58′55″W	1,230,800	1.518	20,800	8,400	Tenkiller Ferry Dam	Illinois River (Arkansas)	1952
Theodore Roosevelt Lake	AZ	33°40′55″N 111°06′49″W	2,910,200	3.590	31,900	12,900	Theodore Roosevelt Dam	Salt River	1911
Toledo Bend Reservoir	LA TX	31°29′18″N 93°43′43″W	4,472,900	5.517	181,600	73,500	Toledo Bend Dam	Sabine River	1966
Truman Reservoir[22]	MO	38°15′26″N 93°26′18″W	5,187,000	6.398	209,300	84,700	Harry S. Truman Dam	Osage River	1979
Trinity Lake[23]	CA	40°53′00″N 122°42′26″W	2,447,650	3.019	16,535	6,691	Trinity Dam	Trinity River (California)	1962
Tuttle Creek Lake[24]	KS	39°21′15″N 96°40′36″W	3,185,700	3.930	53,760	21,760	Tuttle Creek Dam	Big Blue River	1962
Walter F. George Lake	AL GA	31°37′10″N 85°4′15″W	1,205,400	1.487	45,181	18,284	Walter F. George Dam	Chattahoochee River	1963
Wappapello Lake	MO	36°56′50″N 90°18′45″W	1,134,600	1.400	23,200	9,400	Wappapello Dam	St. Francis River	1941
Watts Bar Lake	TN	36°46′20″N 84°40′10″W	1,175,000	1.449	39,000	16,000	Watts Bar Dam	Tennessee River	1942
Weiss Lake	AL	34°11′02″N 85°36′12″W	1,433,300	1.768	30,200	12,200	Weiss Dam	Coosa River	1961
Wheeler Lake	AL	34°42′44″N 87°08′26″W	1,050,000	1.295	67,100	27,200	Wheeler Dam	Tennessee River	1936
Lake Whitney	TX	32°51′12″N 96°31′14″W	2,100,400	2.591	60,000	24,000	Whitney Lake Dam	Brazos River	1951
Wright Patman Lake	TX	33°16′27″N 94°13′02″W	2,654,300	3.274	119,700	48,400	Wright Patman Dam	Sulphur River	1953

Location map

Mead (1)

Powell (2)

Sakakawea (3)

Oahe (4)

Fort Peck (5)

F.D. Roosevelt (6)

Kentucky (7)

Cumberland (8)

Koocanusa (9)

Bull Shoals (10)

Francis Case (11)

Amistad (12)

Truman (13)

Shasta (14)

Toledo Bend (15)

Sam Rayburn (16)

Strom Thurmond (17)

Eufaula (18)

Flaming Gorge (19)

Oroville (20)

Dworshak (21)

Hungry Horse (22)

Table Rock (23)

Hartwell (24)

John H. Kerr (25)

Locations of the 25 largest reservoirs in the U.S.

See also

• Lakes portal
• United States portal

• List of reservoirs by volume

Notes

1. Year of initial dam completion