List of lakes of South Dakota

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This is a list of lakes in South Dakota.

Name Area (acres) (hectares) Max. depth (ft) (m) County(ies) Notes
Abraham Lake Marshall
235 95 27 8.2 Day
Anderson Lake Day
Angostura Reservoir 4,612 1,866 70 21 Fall River Cheyenne River reservoir behind Angostura Dam, see Angostura Recreation Area.
Antelope Lake Clark
Antelope Lake 1,200 485 25 7.6 Day
Meade Located near Bear Butte, a geological laccolith feature located near Sturgis. See Bear Butte State Park.
Beaver Lake 306 124 10 3.04 Minnehaha
Beaver Lake 72 29 10 3.04 Yankton
Belle Fourche Reservoir 8,063 3,263 55 16.7 Butte At its 1911 completion by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, Belle Fourche Dam was the largest earthen dam in the world.
Big Stone Lake 12,610 5,103 16 4.8 Grant, Roberts Shared with Minnesota. See Hartford Beach State Park.
Bitter Lake 9,900 4,010 24 7.3 Day
Bitter Lake Miner
Blue Dog Lake 1,502 607 8 2.4 Day
Brant Lake 1,307 529 14 4.2 Lake
Brush Lake 386 156 unknown unknown Brookings
Buffalo Lake Minnehaha
Buffalo Lakes Marshall
Bullhead Lake Roberts
Cady Lake Jerauld
5 2 Hughes
2,800 1,133 unknown unknown Marshall
230 93 Beadle
Chain of Lakes Codington
Cherry Lake Clark, Kingsbury
Clear Lake 600 Deuel
Clear Lake Hamlin
Clear Lake 1,087 439 20 6.1 Marshall
Clear Lake 472 191 11 3.35 Minnehaha
Cold Brook 32 13 38 11.5 Fall River Flood-control reservoir near Hot Springs.
Connors Lake Beadle
Cottonwood Lake Clark
Cottonwood Lake Codington
Cottonwood Lake Jerauld
Cottonwood Lake 350 141 12 3.6 Marshall
Cottonwood Lake Spink
Cottonwood Lake Sully
Cottonwood Springs Fall River Flood-control reservoir near Hot Springs.
15 6.1 9 2.7 Minnehaha
53 21 15 4.5 Faulk
Crooked Lake Grant
Crystal Lake Aurora
Culver Lake Deuel Shared with Minnesota
136 55 22 6.7 Meade
Deadmans Lake Bennett
Deerfield Reservoir 90 27.4 Pennington Located within the Black Hills National Forest.
Diamond Lake 256 104 12 3.65 Minnehaha
148 60 18 5.4 Hutchinson
Dog Ear Lake Tripp
Dry Lake 2,455 993 15 4.5 Codington
Dry Lake Hamlin
Dumarce Lake Marshall
Elm Lake Brown
484 196 unknown unknown Brookings
928 375 9 2.7 Brookings
East Vermillion Lake 512 208 23 7 McCook Commonly known as Lake Vermillion
1,209 489 34 10.3 Brown, McPherson
Enemy Swim Lake 2,146 868 26 7.9 Day
225 91 15 4.5 McPherson
Fish Lake Aurora
Fish Lake Deuel
Flat Lake Marshall
Fourmile Lake Marshall
Fox Lake Beadle
Fox Lake Deuel
203 82 10 3.04 Harding
Gilman Lake Lake
Goose Lake Codington
Grass Lake Codington
Grass Lake Minnehaha
Green Lake Lake
Greys Lake Marshall
Heggs Lake Clark
5 2 9 2.7 Lake
High Lake Marshall
Horse Thief Lake Pennington Within walking distance of Mount Rushmore, located in the Black Hills National Forest.
100.5 40.7 7.5 2.3 Hand
30 12 21 6.4 Codington
Kings Lake Codington
Bennett
Grant
Lake Albert 3,699 1,497 Kingsbury
Lincoln
Lake Alice 1,116 451 12 3.6 Deuel
Lake Alvin 105 42 26 7.9 Lincoln Located within Lake Alvin Recreation Area.
Lake Andes Charles Mix See Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge
Lake Badger Kingsbury
Lake Badus Lake
Lake Buffalo Ziebach
Lake Byron 1,805 730 10 3.04 Beadle
1,000 400 7 2.1 Brookings, Moody
203 82 24 7.3 Miner
Lake Cochrane 355 144 28 8.53 Deuel See
Lake Emma Marshall, Roberts
115 46 20 6.1 Faulk
Lake Francis Deuel
Lake Francis Case 102,000 41,000 140 42.6 multiple Missouri River reservoir behind Fort Randall Dam
288 117 9 2.7 Brookings
55 22 17 5.2 Hanson
Lake Hendricks Brookings Shared with Minnesota
Lake Henry 165 66 35 11 Bon Homme
Lake Henry Codington
Lake Henry 2,323 940 8 2.4 Kingsbury
Lake Herman 1,287 521 13 3.9 Lake See Lake Herman State Park.
Lake Iroquois Kingsbury
Lake Kampeska 5,250 2,120 16.4 5 Codington
100 40 Lincoln
Lake Lorraine 25 10 Minnehaha In Sioux Falls
163 66 25 7.6 Hand See
Lake Madison Day
2,642 1,069 16 4.8 Lake
Lake Marsh Hamlin
Lake Martha Marshall
Lake Mary Hamlin
47 19 34 10.3 Hutchinson
601 243 14 4.2 Day
670 270 29 8.8 Davison
Lake Nicholson Codington
Union
Lake Norden 746 301 8 2.4 Hamlin
Lake Oahe 312,000 126,000 205 62 multiple Missouri River reservoir behind Oahe Dam; extends into North Dakota. By volume, it is the fourth-largest reservoir in the US.
Lake Oliver Deuel
Lake Platte Charles Mix
Lake Poinsett 7,886 3,191 22 6.7 Brookings, Hamlin
Lake Preston Kingsbury
Hamlin
Lake Sharpe 56,884 23,020 77 23.5 multiple Missouri River reservoir behind Big Bend Dam
Brookings
Lake Tetonkaha Brookings
Lake Thisted Kingsbury
Lake Thompson 20,000[1] 8,090[1] 34 10.3 Kingsbury
Lake Todd Clark
11,200 4,500 Roberts Shared with Minnesota
Lake Whitewood 4,677 1,893 7 2.1 Kingsbury
Lake Winfred Lake
Lake Yankton 250 100 18 5.5 Yankton Original river channel of the Missouri River prior to construction of Gavins Point Dam and Lewis and Clark Lake. Now a USACE Reservoir for fish and wildlife management. Shared with Nebraska.
23 9 12 3.6 McPherson
Lewis and Clark Lake 31,400 13,000 45 13.7 Bon Homme, Yankton Missouri River reservoir behind Gavins Point Dam. Shared with Nebraska.
Lone Tree Lake Clark
Lone Tree Lake Deuel
Long Lake Codington
Long Lake Jerauld
Long Lake Lake
Long Lake Marshall
Long Lake 400 161 10 3 McPherson
Lords Lake Brown
Lost Lake 163 66 Minnehaha
Lynn Lake 1,390 562 25 7.6 Day
Marindahl Lake 106.81 43 30 9.1 Yankton
McClarem Lake Campbell
McCook Lake 273 110 14 4.2 Union
Medicine Lake Codington
Milwaukee Lake Lake
806 326 27 8.2 Brown, Edmunds
Minnewasta Lake Day
Mud Lake Seventeen lakes in South Dakota have this name.
Mutske Lake Campbell
42 17 24 7.3 Pennington
20 8 27 8.2 Butte
183 74 32 9.7 Butte
Ninemile Lake Marshall
400 161 12 3.6 Marshall
375 151 17 5.1 McCook, Minnehaha
Oak Lake 396 160 6 1.8 Brookings
1,564 632 16 4.8 Day, Marshall
Pactola Lake 800 323.7 162 49.4 Pennington Largest lake in the Black Hills, constructed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation within the Black Hills National Forest.
Pelican Lake 2,796 1,132 8 2.4 Codington
Pelican Lake Lake
Phantom Lake Bennett
Pickerel Lake 981 396 41 12.4 Day
Piper Lake Beadle
Piyas Lake 1,500 607 13 3.9 Day, Marshall
Platte Lake Aurora
Plum Lake Kingsbury
Punished Woman Lake 477 193 12 3.6 Codington
72 29 14 4.2 Beadle
170 68 12 3.6 Spink
Red Iron Lake Marshall
Brule A National Natural Landmark
Reid Lake 980 396 18 5.4 Clark
829 335 29 8.8 Brown
Round Lake 100 40 9 2.7 Clark
Round Lake 1,040| Deuel
Round Lake Lake
Roy Lake 1,690 683 21 6.4 Marshall
Rush Lake Day
Salt Lake Brown
Salt Lake Campbell
Salt Lake Deuel Shared with Minnesota
Scatterwood Lake Faulk
Schmitz Lake Aurora
School Lake Deuel
Scotchman Lake Bennett
Scott Lake Aurora
107 43 11 3.3 Minnehaha
Shadehill Reservoir 4,693 1,899 62 18.9 Perkins
Sheridan Lake 383 155 29.5 9 Pennington Located within the Black Hills National Forest.
Silver Lake 393 159 7 2.1 Hutchinson
Silver Lake Kingsbury
Silver Lake Miner
Simpson Lake Douglas
Sixmile Lake 96 38 11 3.3 Marshall
1,788 723 14 4.2 Marshall
91 36 16 4.8 McCook, Minnehaha
South Red Iron Lake 600 242 14 4.2 Marshall
Spirit Lake Kingsbury
Kingsbury
46 19 16 4.8 Beadle
120 48 15.8 4.8 Custer Located within Custer State Park, in the Black Hills.
174 70 13 3.9 Grant
Clark
Dewey
Swan Lake 208 84 6 1.8 Turner
Walworth
Sylvan Lake 17 7 12.1 3.9 Custer Located within Custer State Park, in the Black Hills.
1,235 499 14 4.2 Spink
287 116 20 6.1 Minnehaha
252 101 12.5 3.8 Sanborn
Twomile Lake Marshall
107 43.3 21 6.4 Haakon
207 84 24 7.3 Minnehaha
Warner Lake Codington
15,540 6,290 31 9.4 Day See Waubay National Wildlife Refuge.
1,590 643 unknown unknown Kingsbury
1,200 485 10 3.04 Brookings
Aurora
187 75 20 6 Marshall
Wigdale Lake Deuel
Willow Lake Clark
103 41 26 7.9 Aurora

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Eastern South Dakota Wetlands". United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 2009-05-11. Retrieved 2009-09-10.


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