List of largest lakes of the United States by volume

This article lists the largest lakes, natural and man-made, in the United States by volume—the amount of water they contain under normal conditions. Volumes given for lakes shared with Canada and Mexico are for the total volume of the lake. Many lakes vary substantially in volume over time, especially man-made lakes, reservoirs, and lakes in arid areas. Capacity given is for normal or average lake level. Name Location Volume Maximum Depth notes1 Lake Superior Michigan - Minnesota - Ontario - Wisconsin Third-largest fresh-water lake in the world by volume2 Lake Michigan Illinois - Indiana - Michigan - Wisconsin L. Huron and. L. Michigan may be considered a single lake"Michigan and Huron: One Lake or Two?" Infoplease, http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001804.html, accessed 8 Nov 20153 Lake Huron Michigan - Ontario 4 Lake Ontario New York - Ontario 5 Lake Erie Michigan - New York - Ohio - Ontario - Pennsylvania 6 Lake Tahoe California - Nevada 7 Iliamna Lake Alaska 8 Lake Pend Oreille Idaho 9 Becharof Lake Alaska 10 Lake Clark Alaska 11 Lake Sakakawea North Dakota man-made12 Pyramid Lake Nevada 13 Lake Oahe North Dakota - South Dakota man-made14 Lake Champlain Vermont - New York - Quebec 15 Lake Mead Arizona - Nevada Average since 1940 man-made16 Flathead Lake Montana Remnant of Glacial Lake Missoula17 Fort Peck Lake Montana man-made18 Lake Chelan Washington 19 Lake of the Woods Ontario - Minnesota - Manitoba 20 Lake Powell Utah - Arizona Average since 1963 man-made21 Great Salt Lake Utah Volume at the average surface elevation of 4,200 feet, from the Utah Water Science Center Great Salt Lake site salt, variable in area. 22 Crater Lake Oregon deepest lake in the United States 23 Seneca Lake New York largest of the Finger Lakes24 Yellowstone Lake Wyoming highest in elevation of large lakes25 Lake Franklin D. Roosevelt Washington man-made. Created in 1941 by the impoundment of the Columbia River by the Grand Coulee Dam26 Cayuga Lake New York second largest of the Finger Lakes27 Rainy Lake Ontario - Minnesota 28 Bear Lake Idaho - Utah 29 Salton Sea California salt, variable in area. Present volume man-made 30 Skilak Lake Alaska 31 Tustumena Lake Alaska 32 Lake Pontchartrain Louisiana salt, often considered an estuary rather than a lake33 Lake Shasta California man-made34 Toledo Bend Reservoir Louisiana - Texas man-made35 Moosehead Lake Maine 36 Lake Okeechobee Florida 37 Kenai Lake Alaska 38 Kentucky Lake Kentucky - Tennessee man-made39 Sam Rayburn Reservoir Texas man-made40 Flaming Gorge Reservoir Utah - Wyoming man-made41 Devils Lake North Dakota natural, endorheic. This volume was taken from the summer 2011 record peak of MSL. Devils Lake has experienced severe flooding and has risen more than since 1993. Volume has increased by 6 times.National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (NWS AHPS) for Devils Lake at Creel Bay42 Lake Oroville California man-made43Dworshak ReservoirIdaho3,468,000 acre*ft632 ftman-made44 Hungry Horse Reservoir Montana man-made45 Bull Shoals LakeArkansas - Missouri man-made46 Kerr LakeVirginia - North Carolina man-made47 Lake AmistadMexico - Texas man-made48 Lake Francis CaseSouth Dakota man-made49Mille Lacs LakeMinnesota50Lake Saint ClairMichigan - Ontario51 Lake OuachitaArkansas man-made52Table Rock LakeMissouri - Arkansas man-made53Torch LakeMichigan54 Lake TexomaOklahoma - Texas man-made55 Lake HartwellGeorgia - South Carolina man-made56 Trinity LakeCalifornia man-made57 New Melones LakeCalifornia man-made58Mono LakeCalifornia59 Lake GeorgeNew York60Falcon LakeMexico - Texas man-made61 Lake WashingtonWashington62 Leech LakeMinnesota63Eufaula LakeOklahoma man-made64Lake Saint FrancisOntario - Quebec - New York man-made, part of St. Lawrence Seaway65Coeur d'Alene LakeIdaho66Walker LakeNevada67Lake CumberlandKentucky man-made68Lake WinnebagoWisconsin69Upper Red LakeMinnesota sometimes considered a single lake with Lower Red Lake (Minnesota)70 Elephant Butte LakeNew Mexico man-made71 San Luis ReservoirCalifornia man-made72 Don Pedro ReservoirCalifornia man-made73 Lake of the OzarksMissouri man-made74 Lake LanierGeorgia man-made75 Ray Roberts LakeTexas man-made76 Greers Ferry LakeArkansas man-made77 Norfork LakeArkansas - Missouri man-made78 Canyon Ferry LakeMontana man-made79 Lake MohaveArizona - Nevada man-made80 Lake McConaughyNebraska man-made81 Lake LivingstonTexas man-made82 Clarks Hill LakeGeorgia - South Carolina man-made83 Grand Lake o' the CherokeesOklahoma man-made84American Falls ReservoirIdaho man-made85Lake RooseveltArizona man-made86 Lake MartinAlabama man-made87 Lake SharpeSouth Dakota man-made88Lake BerryessaCalifornia man-made89Sardis LakeMississippi man-made

Note: Volume estimates not available for Selawik and Naknek Lakes in Alaska. They would undoubtedly rank on this list if data available. Information other than otherwise noted from https://www.lakelubbers.com/, accessed 9 Mar 2011

See also

List of lakes of the United States by area

References