List of largest lakes of the United States by volume explained

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	data-sort-type="number"	Maximum Depth !	natural	notes
1			9799680000acre.ft	13320NaN0	Third-largest fresh-water lake in the world by volume
2			39874559420NaN0	9250NaN0	L. Huron and. L. Michigan may be considered a single lake^[1]
3			28723200000NaN0	7500NaN0
4			13280250000NaN0	8020NaN0
5			392000000acre.ft	2100NaN0
6			1221602801NaN1	16450NaN0
7			941114881NaN1	9880NaN0
8			439399401NaN1	11520NaN0
9			356711731NaN1	3020NaN0
10			256820001NaN1	10560NaN0
11			242000001NaN1	1800NaN0	man-made
12			236600001NaN1	3440NaN0
13			236253151NaN1	2050NaN0	man-made
14			209164001NaN1	4000NaN0
15			192000001NaN1 ^[2]	5320NaN0	man-made
16			187882431NaN1	3710NaN0	Remnant of Glacial Lake Missoula
17			187000001NaN1	2200NaN0	man-made
18			158000001NaN1	14860NaN0
19			157000001NaN1	2100NaN0
20			155000001NaN1 ^[3]	5830NaN0	man-made
21			150000000NaN0 ^[4]	330NaN0	salt, variable in area.
22			141000001NaN1	19490NaN0	deepest lake in the United States
23			125660541NaN1	6180NaN0	largest of the Finger Lakes
24			120952641NaN1	3900NaN0	highest in elevation of large lakes
25			94020001NaN1	3490NaN0	man-made. Created in 1941 by the impoundment of the Columbia River by the Grand Coulee Dam
26			76720001NaN1	4350NaN0	second largest of the Finger Lakes
27			70720001NaN1	1610NaN0	https://web.archive.org/web/20130807131429/http://source/: www.woodsport.com/rainy_lake/rl_facts.html, accessed 9 Mar 2011
28			65574401NaN1	2080NaN0
29			60000001NaN1	430NaN0	salt, variable in area. Present volume man-made ^[5]
30			59306401NaN1	5280NaN0
31			58015231NaN1	9500NaN0
32			48384001NaN1	650NaN0	salt, often considered an estuary rather than a lake
33			45520001NaN1	5170NaN0	man-made
34			44770001NaN1	1100NaN0	man-made
35			42100001NaN1	2460NaN0
36			42100001NaN1	120NaN0
37			41300871NaN1	5410NaN0
38			40080001NaN1	600NaN0	man-made
39			39970001NaN1	800NaN0	man-made
40			37889001NaN1	4360NaN0	man-made
41			35735021NaN1	750NaN0	natural, endorheic. This volume was taken from the summer 2011 record peak of 1454.41NaN1 MSL. Devils Lake has experienced severe flooding and has risen more than 311NaN1 since 1993. Volume has increased by 6 times.^[6] ^[7] ^[8]
42			35375771NaN1	6950NaN0	man-made
43	Dworshak Reservoir	Idaho	3,468,000 acre*ft	632 ft	man-made
44			34671791NaN1		man-made
45	Bull Shoals Lake	Arkansas - Missouri	34000001NaN1	2040NaN0	man-made
46	Kerr Lake	Virginia - North Carolina	33645001NaN1	1000NaN0	man-made
47	Lake Amistad	Mexico - Texas	31592701NaN1	2000NaN0	man-made
48	Lake Francis Case	South Dakota	31240001NaN1	1400NaN0	man-made
49	Mille Lacs Lake	Minnesota	27827361NaN1	420NaN0
50	Lake Saint Clair	Michigan - Ontario	27709441NaN1	270NaN0
51	Lake Ouachita	Arkansas	27680001NaN1	2000NaN0	man-made
52	Table Rock Lake	Missouri - Arkansas	27020001NaN1	2200NaN0	man-made
53	Torch Lake	Michigan	26359271NaN1	3020NaN0
54	Lake Texoma	Oklahoma - Texas	25669461NaN1	1000NaN0	man-made
55	Lake Hartwell	Georgia - South Carolina	25500001NaN1	1850NaN0	man-made
56	Trinity Lake	California	24476501NaN1	3900NaN0	man-made
57	New Melones Lake	California	24200001NaN1	5650NaN0	man-made
58	Mono Lake	California	24078201NaN1	1590NaN0
59	Lake George	New York	23800001NaN1	2000NaN0
60	Falcon Lake	Mexico - Texas	23712201NaN1	1100NaN0	man-made
61	Lake Washington	Washington	23500001NaN1	2140NaN0
62	Leech Lake	Minnesota	23000001NaN1	1560NaN0
63	Eufaula Lake	Oklahoma	23000001NaN1	870NaN0	man-made
64	Lake Saint Francis	Ontario - Quebec - New York	22699971NaN1	270NaN0	man-made, part of St. Lawrence Seaway
65	Coeur d'Alene Lake	Idaho	22699961NaN1	2200NaN0
66	Walker Lake	Nevada	22000001NaN1	800NaN0
67	Lake Cumberland	Kentucky	21420001NaN1	2000NaN0	man-made
68	Lake Winnebago	Wisconsin	21350001NaN1	210NaN0
69	Upper Red Lake	Minnesota	21290001NaN1	190NaN0	sometimes considered a single lake with Lower Red Lake (Minnesota)
70	Elephant Butte Lake	New Mexico	20650101NaN1	1570NaN0	man-made
71	San Luis Reservoir	California	20410001NaN1	2700NaN0	man-made
72	Don Pedro Reservoir	California	20300001NaN1	4000NaN0	man-made
73	Lake of the Ozarks	Missouri	20000001NaN1	1300NaN0	man-made
74	Lake Lanier	Georgia	19570002NaN2	1600NaN0	man-made
75	Ray Roberts Lake	Texas	19300002NaN2	1060NaN0	man-made
76	Greers Ferry Lake	Arkansas	19100002NaN2	1600NaN0	man-made
77	Norfork Lake	Arkansas - Missouri	19000002NaN2	1770NaN0	man-made
78	Canyon Ferry Lake	Montana	18918882NaN2	1600NaN0	man-made
79	Lake Mohave	Arizona - Nevada	18183302NaN2	1200NaN0	man-made
80	Lake McConaughy	Nebraska	17563002NaN2	1350NaN0	man-made
81	Lake Livingston	Texas	17500002NaN2	900NaN0	man-made
82	Clarks Hill Lake	Georgia - South Carolina	17300002NaN2	1800NaN0	man-made
83	Grand Lake o' the Cherokees	Oklahoma	16720002NaN2	1640NaN0	man-made
84	American Falls Reservoir	Idaho	16713002NaN2	530NaN0	man-made
85	Lake Roosevelt	Arizona	16530432NaN2	3490NaN0	man-made
86	Lake Martin	Alabama	16260002NaN2	1500NaN0	man-made
87	Lake Sharpe	South Dakota	16210002NaN2	950NaN0	man-made
88	Lake Berryessa	California	16020002NaN2	2750NaN0	man-made
89	Sardis Lake	Mississippi	15120002NaN2	760NaN0	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 http://www.lakelubbers.com/, accessed 9 Mar 2011

See also

• List of lakes of the United States by area

Notes and References

1. "Michigan and Huron: One Lake or Two?" Infoplease, http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001804.html, accessed 8 Nov 2015
2. http://lakepowell.water-data.com Average since 1940
3. http://lakepowell.water-data.com Average since 1963
4. Volume at the average surface elevation of 4,200 feet, from the Utah Water Science Center Great Salt Lake site
5. Web site: Salton Sea, History. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180102014613/http://www.water.ca.gov/saltonsea/documents/history.cfm. 2018-01-02. 22 June 2020. CA Dept. of Water Resources.
6. Web site: Devils Lake Elevation-Volume Table . 2011-09-16 . 2011-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111019110356/http://nd.water.usgs.gov/devilslake/pdf/elevation-area-volume.pdf . dead .
7. Web site: USGS Devils Lake Flood History . 2011-09-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090208085601/http://nd.water.usgs.gov/devilslake/index.html . 2009-02-08 . dead .
8. http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=fgf&gage=dcbn8&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1%22 National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (NWS AHPS) for Devils Lake at Creel Bay