List of lakes of South Dakota facts for kids
This is a list of lakes in South Dakota. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
| Name | Area (acres) | (hectares) | Max. depth (ft) | (m) | County(ies) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham Lake | Marshall | |||||
| Amsden Reservoir | 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 | |
| Bear Butte Lake | 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 | |||||
| Capitol Lake | 5 | 2 | Hughes | |||
| Cattail-Kettle Lake | 2,800 | 1,133 | unknown | unknown | Marshall | |
| Cavour Lake | 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. | ||||
| Covell Lake | 15 | 6.1 | 9 | 2.7 | Minnehaha | |
| Cresbard Lake | 53 | 21 | 15 | 4.5 | Faulk | |
| Crooked Lake | Grant | |||||
| Crystal Lake | Aurora | |||||
| Culver Lake | Deuel | Shared with Minnesota | ||||
| Curlew Lake | 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 | |
| Dimock Lake | 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 | |||||
| East 81 Lake | 484 | 196 | unknown | unknown | Brookings | |
| East Oakwood Lake | 928 | 375 | 9 | 2.7 | Brookings | |
| East Vermillion Lake | 512 | 208 | 23 | 7 | McCook | Commonly known as Lake Vermillion |
| Elm Lake | 1,209 | 489 | 34 | 10.3 | Brown, McPherson | |
| Enemy Swim Lake | 2,146 | 868 | 26 | 7.9 | Day | |
| Eureka Lake | 225 | 91 | 15 | 4.5 | McPherson | |
| Fish Lake | Aurora | |||||
| Fish Lake | Deuel | |||||
| Flat Lake | Marshall | |||||
| Fourmile Lake | Marshall | |||||
| Fox Lake | Beadle | |||||
| Fox Lake | Deuel | |||||
| Gardner Lake | 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 | |||||
| Herman Park Pond | 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. | ||||
| Jones Lake | 100.5 | 40.7 | 7.5 | 2.3 | Hand | |
| Kampeska Gravel Pits | 30 | 12 | 21 | 6.4 | Codington | |
| Kings Lake | Codington | |||||
| Lacreek Lake | Bennett | |||||
| Lake Albert | Grant | |||||
| Lake Albert | 3,699 | 1,497 | Kingsbury | |||
| Lake Albert | 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 | |
| Lake Campbell | 1,000 | 400 | 7 | 2.1 | Brookings, Moody | |
| Lake Carthage | 203 | 82 | 24 | 7.3 | Miner | |
| Lake Cochrane | 355 | 144 | 28 | 8.53 | Deuel | See Lake Cochrane Recreation Area |
| Lake Emma | Marshall, Roberts | |||||
| Lake Faulkton | 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 |
| Lake Goldsmith | 288 | 117 | 9 | 2.7 | Brookings | |
| Lake Hanson | 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 | |
| Lake Lakota | 100 | 40 | Lincoln | |||
| Lake Lorraine | 25 | 10 | Minnehaha | In Sioux Falls | ||
| Lake Louise | 163 | 66 | 25 | 7.6 | Hand | See Lake Louise Recreation Area |
| Lake Madison | Day | |||||
| Lake Madison | 2,642 | 1,069 | 16 | 4.8 | Lake | |
| Lake Marsh | Hamlin | |||||
| Lake Martha | Marshall | |||||
| Lake Mary | Hamlin | |||||
| Lake Menno | 47 | 19 | 34 | 10.3 | Hutchinson | |
| Lake Minnewasta | 601 | 243 | 14 | 4.2 | Day | |
| Lake Mitchell | 670 | 270 | 29 | 8.8 | Davison | |
| Lake Nicholson | Codington | |||||
| Lake Nixon | 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 | |||||
| Lake Saint John | Hamlin | |||||
| Lake Sharpe | 56,884 | 23,020 | 77 | 23.5 | multiple | Missouri River reservoir behind Big Bend Dam |
| Lake Sinai | Brookings | |||||
| Lake Tetonkaha | Brookings | |||||
| Lake Thisted | Kingsbury | |||||
| Lake Thompson | 20,000 | 8,090 | 34 | 10.3 | Kingsbury | |
| Lake Todd | Clark | |||||
| Lake Traverse | 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. |
| Lakota Lake | Custer | |||||
| Leola Reservoir | 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 | |||||
| Mina Lake | 806 | 326 | 27 | 8.2 | Brown, Edmunds | |
| Minnewasta Lake | Day | |||||
| Mud Lake | Seventeen lakes in South Dakota have this name. | |||||
| Mutske Lake | Campbell | |||||
| New Wall Lake | 42 | 17 | 24 | 7.3 | Pennington | |
| Newell City Pond | 20 | 8 | 27 | 8.2 | Butte | |
| Newell Lake | 183 | 74 | 32 | 9.7 | Butte | |
| Ninemile Lake | Marshall | |||||
| North Buffalo Lake | 400 | 161 | 12 | 3.6 | Marshall | |
| North Island Lake | 375 | 151 | 17 | 5.1 | McCook, Minnehaha | |
| Oak Lake | 396 | 160 | 6 | 1.8 | Brookings | |
| Opitz Lake | 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 | |
| Ravine Lake | 72 | 29 | 14 | 4.2 | Beadle | |
| Redfield Lake | 170 | 68 | 12 | 3.6 | Spink | |
| Red Iron Lake | Marshall | |||||
| Red Lake | Brule | A National Natural Landmark | ||||
| Reid Lake | 980 | 396 | 18 | 5.4 | Clark | |
| Richmond Lake | 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 | |||||
| Scott Lake | 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 | |
| South Buffalo Lake | 1,788 | 723 | 14 | 4.2 | Marshall | |
| South Island Lake | 91 | 36 | 16 | 4.8 | McCook, Minnehaha | |
| South Red Iron Lake | 600 | 242 | 14 | 4.2 | Marshall | |
| Spirit Lake | Kingsbury | |||||
| Spring Lake | Kingsbury | |||||
| Staum Reservoir | 46 | 19 | 16 | 4.8 | Beadle | |
| Stockade Lake | 120 | 48 | 15.8 | 4.8 | Custer | Located within Custer State Park, in the Black Hills. |
| Summit Lake | 174 | 70 | 13 | 3.9 | Grant | |
| Swan Lake | Clark | |||||
| Swan Lake | Dewey | |||||
| Swan Lake | 208 | 84 | 6 | 1.8 | Turner | |
| Swan Lake | Walworth | |||||
| Sylvan Lake | 17 | 7 | 12.1 | 3.9 | Custer | Located within Custer State Park, in the Black Hills. |
| Twin Lake | 1,235 | 499 | 14 | 4.2 | Spink | |
| Twin Lakes | 287 | 116 | 20 | 6.1 | Minnehaha | |
| Twin Lakes | 252 | 101 | 12.5 | 3.8 | Sanborn | |
| Twomile Lake | Marshall | |||||
| Waggoner Lake | 107 | 43.3 | 21 | 6.4 | Haakon | |
| Wall Lake | 207 | 84 | 24 | 7.3 | Minnehaha | |
| Warner Lake | Codington | |||||
| Waubay Lake | 15,540 | 6,290 | 31 | 9.4 | Day | See Waubay National Wildlife Refuge. |
| West 81 Lake | 1,590 | 643 | unknown | unknown | Kingsbury | |
| West Oakwood Lake | 1,200 | 485 | 10 | 3.04 | Brookings | |
| White Lake | Aurora | |||||
| White Lake | 187 | 75 | 20 | 6 | Marshall | |
| Wigdale Lake | Deuel | |||||
| Willow Lake | Clark | |||||
| Wilmarth Lake | 103 | 41 | 26 | 7.9 | Aurora |
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