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[1] |
8,090[1] |
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 |
|
See also
Sources
References
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