List of lakes of South Dakota

This is a list of lakes in South Dakota. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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Name | Area (acres) | (hectares) | Max. depth (ft) | (m) | County(ies) | Notes

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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

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* Lakes portal

* List of rivers of South Dakota

## Sources

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## References

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1. ^ a b "Eastern South Dakota Wetlands". United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on May 11, 2009. Retrieved September 10, 2009.

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