The following is a list of lakes in Ohio. According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, there are approximately 50,000 lakes and small ponds, with a total surface area of 200,000 acres, and among these there are 2,200 lakes of or greater with a total surface area of 134,000 acres. Of the lakes that are greater than 5 acres, 446 are public lakes with a total surface area of 119,000 acres. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency estimated (from an electronic file generated from 1:100,000 scale maps) that Ohio has 5,130 lakes totaling . The difference in the number of lakes estimated by USEPA and ODNR is likely related to numerous small ponds (high number, small acreage) not detected on the 1:100,000 scale maps.

The second table below lists all of Ohio's 110 natural lakes of 5 acres or greater. The third table lists Ohio's 113 largest artificial lakes, which are 100 acres or greater. Ohio's artificial lakes outnumber its natural lakes by about 20 to 1, and they cover about 30 times more total surface area.

Great Lakes

One of the five Great Lakes is partially within Ohio. NameGNIS ID #and linkCoordinatesSurface areaCountiesLake ErieAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, LakeLorain, Lucas, Ottawa

Natural inland lakes

There are 110 natural inland lakes in Ohio with a surface area of or larger. NameGNIS ID #and linkSurface areaTownshipCountyAlder Pond TallmadgeSummitAurora Pond AuroraPortageBaker Lake GoshenChampaignBass Lake MunsonGeaugaBath Pond BathSummitBig Lake MilfordDefiance Black Lake MiamiLoganBlack Pond CopleySummitBraden Lake Union LoganBrady Lake FranklinPortageBreed Loves Pond SalemChampaignBrown Lake ClintonWayneBrush Lake RushChampaignCamden Reservoir CamdenLorainChippewa Lake WestfieldMedinaCollins Pond RavennaPortageCongress Lake LakeStarkCrystal Lake Bethel ClarkCrystal Lake RootstownPortageCrystal Lake Silver LakeSummitDavenport Pond PickawayPickawayDohner Lake ChippewaWayneDoke Lake Union LoganEast Twin Lake FranklinPortageEnsley-Genert Pond BloomSenecaFerry Lake FranklinPortageFishel Lake ValleyGuernseyFox Lake BaughmanWayneFudger Lake Goshen ChampaignGeauga Lake BainbridgeGeaugaGrape Lake CoventrySummitHaddix Lake Pleasant ClarkHitler Pond PickawayPickawayKiwanis Lake Newbury GeaugaLadd Lake MilfordDefiance Lake Anna BarbertonSummitLake Aquilla ClaridonGeaugaLake George FranklinPortageLake Hodgson RavennaPortageLake Kelso BurtonGeaugaLake Nesmith CoventrySummitLake O'Pine LakeStarkLake Pippen FranklinPortageLemon Lake Union LoganLittle Fox Lake Baughman WayneLittle Lake MilfordDefiance Little Punderson Lake Newbury GeaugaLong Lake Washington Holmes Luna Lake FranklinSummitMcMillen Lake Union LoganMcQuery Lake Harrison ChampaignMeadowbrook Lake DanburyOttawaMetcalf Lake Lake Ashland Meyers Lake CantonStarkMud Lake Clear CreekAshland Mud Lake NorthwestWilliams Muzzy Lake RootstownPortageNettle Lake NorthwestWilliams Newell Lake Union LoganNobles Pond JacksonStarkOdell Lake Washington Holmes Punderson Lake Newbury GeaugaRestful Lake Newbury GeaugaRound Lake LakeAshland Rubber City Sand & Gravel SpringfieldSummitRuby Lake Union LoganRushcreek Lake Rush CreekLoganSandy Lake RootstownPortageSayres Lake ConcordChampaignShocalog Lake CopleySummitSilver Lake HarrisonLoganSilver Lake Silver LakeSummitSinger Lake GreenSummitSippo Lake PerryStarkSites Lake MifflinRichlandSmoot Lake Washington LickingSnow Lake BurtonGeaugaSpring Lake Clear Creek Ashland Springfield Lake SpringfieldSummitStewart Pond FranklinPortageSummit Lake AkronSummitSunny Lake AuroraPortageTurkeyfoot Lake GreenSummitTwin Lake (1) Union LoganTwin Lake (2) Union LoganWest Twin Lake FranklinPortageWhite Pond CopleySummitWingfoot Lake SuffieldPortageWyoga Lake StowSummitYellow PondCopleySummitTwinsburgSummitHudsonSummitSuffieldPortageTwinsburgSummitPlainStarkGreenSummitGreenSummitGreenSummitSpringfieldSummit BloomScioto CoventrySummitFranklinSummitFranklinSummitGreenSummitGreenSummitGreenSummitHudsonSummit LakeAshland StowSummitTwinsburgSummit –denotes that a lake is unnamed or that its name is not known.

Artificial inland lakes

There are 113 artificial inland lakes in or partially within Ohio, with a surface area greater than . NameGNIS ID #and linkCoordinatesSurface areaCounty or CountiesActon Lake Butler and PrebleAlum Creek Lake DelawareAtwood Lake Carroll and TuscarawasBarbertown Wolf Creek Reservoir SummitBeach City LakeTuscarawasBeaver Creek Reservoir SenecaBeaver Lake ColumbianaBelmont LakeBelmontBerlin Reservoir PortageBig Island Wildlife Area Reservoir MarionBresler Reservoir AllenBrown Lake ClarkBuckeye Lake Fairfield, Licking, PerryBucyrus Reservoir #4 CrawfordBurr Oak Lake Athens and MorganCaesar Creek Reservoir Clinton and WarrenCharles Mill Lake Ashland and Richland Cinnamon Lake AshlandClear Fork Reservoir Morrow and RichlandClendening Lake HarrisonCowan Lake ClintonDeer Creek Lake PickawayDeer Creek Reservoir StarkDefiance Power Dam Reservoir DefianceDelaware Lake DelawareDillon Lake MuskingumDow Lake AthensEast Branch Reservoir GeaugaEast Reservoir SummitEastwood Lake MontgomeryEvans Lake MahoningFerguson Reservoir AllenFindlay Reservoir #1 HancockFindlay Reservoir #2 HancockForked Run Lake MeigsGrand Lake St. Marys Auglaize and MercerGrant Lake BrownGriggs Reservoir FranklinGuilford Lake ColumbianaHammertown Lake JacksonHargus Lake PickawayHarsha Lake ClermontHighlandtown Lake ColumbianaHoover Reservoir Delaware and FranklinIndependence Dam Reservoir Defiance Indian Lake LoganJackson Lake JacksonKilldeer Reservoir WyandotKilldeer Wildlife Pond #7 WyandotKilldeer Wildlife Pond #8 Wyandot Killdeer Wildlife Pond #9 WyandotKirwan Reservoir PortageKiser Lake ChampaignKnox Lake KnoxLaDue Reservoir GeaugaLake Hamilton MahoningLake Hodgson PortageLake Hope VintonLake LaComte HancockLake La Su An WilliamsLake Logan HockingLake Loramie ShelbyLake MedinaMedinaLake Milton MahoningLake MohawkCarrollLake Rockwell PortageLake Rupert VintonLake Snowden AthensLake VesuviusLawrenceLake White PikeLake Waynoka BrownLeesville Lake CarrollLong Lake SummitLost Creek Reservoir AllenMadison Lake MadisonMcKelvey Lake MahoningMeander Creek Reservoir Mahoning and TrumbullMetzger Reservoir AllenMogadore Reservoir PortageMosquito Creek Lake TrumbullMount Orab #1 BrownNew London Reservoir HuronNewport LakeMahoningNimisila Reservoir SummitNorth Branch Kokosing Lake KnoxNorth Reservoir SummitOhio Power Recreation LakesMorganO'Shaughnessy Reservoir DelawarePaint Creek Lake Highland and Ross Piedmont Lake HarrisonPine Lake MahoningPleasant Hill Lake Ashland Pymatuning Reservoir Ashtabula (OH) and Crawford (PA)Resthaven Wildlife Area Pond ErieRoaming Rock Lake AshtabulaRocky Fork Lake HighlandRoss Lake RossRush Creek Lake #6-A FairfieldSalt Fork Reservoir Guernsey Senecaville Lake Guernsey and NobleSnider Ditch Lake TrumbullStonelick Reservoir ClermontTappan Lake HarrisonTycoon Lake GalliaVeterans Memorial Reservoir HancockVeto Lake WashingtonWalburn Reservoir StarkWellington Upground Reservoir LorainWest Reservoir SummitWillard City Reservoir HuronWills Creek Lake CoshoctonWinton Woods Lake HamiltonWolf Run Reservoir Noble

Notes

345 USGS GNIS officially-named lakes in Ohio

1,255 USGS GNIS officially-named reservoirs in Ohio

References

Further reading

United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior

Data taken from Ohio Department of Natural Resources:

Ohio Lake Fishing Maps

External links Ohio Department of Natural Resources