This is a list of largest reservoirs in the United States, including all artificial lakes with a capacity greater than or equal to . 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.

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 .

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

NameState(s)CoordinatesCapacitySurface areaDam(s)RiverYearAcre-feetkm3AcresHaAbiquiu LakeAbiquiu DamRio Chama1963Alamo LakeAlamo DamBill Williams River1968Allegheny ReservoirKinzua DamAllegheny River1965American Falls ReservoirAmerican Falls DamSnake River1978Amistad ReservoirAmistad DamRio Grande1969Arkabutla LakeArkabutla DamColdwater River1943Banks LakeDry Falls Dam, North DamGrand Coulee1949Beaver LakeBeaver DamWhite River1966Belton LakeBelton DamLeon River1954Bighorn LakeYellowtail DamBighorn River1967Broken Bow LakeBroken Bow DamMountain Fork1968Brownlee ReservoirBrownlee DamSnake River1958Bull Shoals LakeBull Shoals DamWhite River1951Canyon Ferry LakeCanyon Ferry DamMissouri River1954Cedar Creek ReservoirJoe B. Hogsett DamCedar Creek1965Center Hill LakeCenter Hill DamCaney Fork1948Cherokee LakeCherokee DamHolston River1941Dale Hollow ReservoirDale Hollow DamObey River1943DeGray LakeDeGray DamCaddo River1972Don Pedro ReservoirNew Don Pedro DamTuolumne River1971Douglas LakeDouglas DamFrench Broad River1943Dworshak ReservoirDworshak DamN.F. Clearwater River1973Elephant Butte LakeElephant Butte DamRio Grande1916Enid LakeEnid DamYocona River1952Eufaula LakeEufaula DamCanadian River1964Falcon LakeFalcon DamRio Grande1954Falls LakeFalls DamNeuse River1981Flathead LakeSKQ DamFlathead River1939Flaming Gorge ReservoirFlaming Gorge DamGreen River1964Fort Gibson LakeFort Gibson DamNeosho River1949Fort Peck LakeFort Peck DamMissouri River1940Fontana LakeFontana DamLittle Tennessee River1944F.D. Roosevelt LakeGrand Coulee DamColumbia River1942Grand Lake o' the CherokeesPensacola DamNeosho River1940Greers Ferry LakeGreers Ferry DamLittle Red River1962Grenada LakeGrenada DamYalobusha River1954Guntersville LakeGuntersville DamTennessee River1939Hugo LakeHugo Lake DamKiamichi River1974Hungry Horse ReservoirHungry Horse DamS.F. Flathead River1953John H. Kerr ReservoirJohn H. Kerr DamRoanoke River1953Jordan LakeB. Everett Jordan DamHaw River1983Kaw LakeKaw DamArkansas River1976Kentucky LakeKentucky DamTennessee River1944Keystone LakeKeystone DamArkansas River1964Lake AlmanorCanyon DamN.F. Feather River1910Lake BarkleyBarkley DamCumberland River1966Lake BerryessaMonticello DamPutah Creek1957Lake CumberlandWolf Creek DamCumberland River1951Lake ElwellTiber DamMarias River1956Lake Francis CaseFort Randall DamMissouri River1956Lake HartwellHartwell DamSavannah River1962Lake JocasseeJocassee DamKeowee River1975Lake KempLake Kemp DamWichita River1923Lake KoocanusaLibby DamKootenai River1975Lake LanierBuford DamChattahoochee River1956Lake LivingstonLivingston DamTrinity River1969Lake MarionSantee DamSantee River1942Lake MartinMartin DamTallapoosa River1927Lake McClureNew Exchequer DamMerced River1967Lake McConaughyKingsley DamN. Platte River1941Lake MeadHoover DamColorado River1936Lake MeredithSanford DamCanadian River1965Lake MohaveDavis DamColorado River1951Lake MoultriePinopolis DamCooper River1942Lake MurraySaluda DamSaluda River1930Lake NormanCowans Ford DamCatawba River1964Lake OaheOahe DamMissouri River1962Lake of the OzarksBagnell DamOsage River1931Lake OrovilleOroville DamFeather River1968Lake OuachitaBlakely Mountain DamOuachita River1952Lake Pend OreilleAlbeni Falls DamPend Oreille River1951Lake PleasantNew Waddell DamAgua Fria River1994Lake PowellGlen Canyon DamColorado River1966Lake Ray RobertsRay Roberts DamElm Fork Trinity River1986Lake Red RockRed Rock DamDes Moines River1969Lake SakakaweaGarrison DamMissouri River1953Lake SharpeBig Bend DamMissouri River1966Lake ShelbyvilleShelbyville DamKaskaskia River1970Lake Strom ThurmondJ. Strom Thurmond DamSavannah River1954Lake TawakoniIron Bridge DamSabine River1960Lake TexomaDenison DamRed River1943Lake TravisMansfield DamColorado River (Texas)1942Lake UmatillaJohn Day DamColumbia River1971Lake WallulaMcNary DamColumbia River1954Lake WinnibigoshishWinnibigoshish Lake DamMississippi River1884Leech LakeLeech Lake DamLeech Lake River1885Lewis Smith LakeSmith Lake DamSipsey Fork1961Lewisville LakeLewisville DamElm Fork Trinity River1955Mark Twain LakeClarence Cannon DamSalt River (Missouri)1983Milford LakeMilford DamRepublican River1967Millwood LakeMillwood DamLittle River (Red River)1966Navajo LakeNavajo DamSan Juan River1962New Melones LakeNew Melones DamStanislaus River1979Norfork LakeNorfork DamNorth Fork River1944Norris LakeNorris DamClinch River1936Oologah LakeOologah DamVerdigris River1963Owyhee ReservoirOwyhee DamOwyhee River1932Painted Rock ReservoirPainted Rock DamGila River1960Palisades ReservoirPalisades DamSnake River1957Pathfinder ReservoirPathfinder DamN. Platte River1909Perry LakePerry DamDelaware River (Kansas)1966Pine Flat LakePine Flat DamKings River1954Quabbin ReservoirWinsor Dam, Goodnough DikeSwift River1939Red Lake ReservoirLower Red Lake DamRed Lake River1931Richard B. Russell LakeRichard B. Russell DamSavannah River1985Richland-Chambers ReservoirRichland Creek DamRichland Creek1987Riffe LakeMossyrock DamCowlitz River1968Ross LakeRoss DamSkagit River1949Sam Rayburn ReservoirSam Rayburn DamAngelina River1965San Luis ReservoirSan Luis DamSan Luis Creek1967Sardis LakeSardis DamLittle Tallahatchie River1940Seminoe ReservoirSeminoe DamN. Platte River1939Shasta LakeShasta DamSacramento River1945Smith Mountain LakeSmith Mountain DamRoanoke River1963Stockton LakeStockton DamSac River1969Strawberry ReservoirSoldier Creek DamStrawberry River1974Table Rock LakeTable Rock DamWhite River1958Tenkiller Ferry LakeTenkiller Ferry DamIllinois River (Arkansas)1952Theodore Roosevelt LakeTheodore Roosevelt DamSalt River1911Toledo Bend ReservoirToledo Bend DamSabine River1966Truman ReservoirHarry S. Truman DamOsage River1979Trinity LakeTrinity DamTrinity River (California)1962Tuttle Creek LakeTuttle Creek DamBig Blue River1962Walter F. George LakeWalter F. George DamChattahoochee River1963Wappapello LakeWappapello DamSt. Francis River1941Watts Bar LakeWatts Bar DamTennessee River1942Weiss LakeWeiss DamCoosa River1961Wheeler LakeWheeler DamTennessee River1936Lake WhitneyWhitney Lake DamBrazos River1951Wright Patman LakeWright Patman DamSulphur River1953

Location map

See also

List of reservoirs by volume

Notes

References