This is a list of lakes in South Dakota.
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Name | Area (acres) | (hectares) | Max. depth (ft) | (m) | County(ies) | Notes |
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Amsden Reservoir | 235 | 95 | 27 | 8.2 | Day | |
Angostura Reservoir | 4,612 | 1,866 | 70 | 21 | Fall River | |
Antelope Lake | 1,200 | 485 | 25 | 7.6 | Day | |
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 | |
Big Stone Lake | 12,610 | 5,103 | 16 | 4.8 | Grant, Roberts | Shared with Minnesota |
Bitter Lake | 9,900 | 4,010 | 24 | 7.3 | Day | |
Blue Dog Lake | 1,502 | 607 | 8 | 2.4 | Day | |
Brandt Lake | 1,307 | 529 | 14 | 4.2 | Lake | |
Brush Lake | 386 | 156 | unknown | unknown | Brookings | |
Capitol Lake | 5 | 2 | Hughes | |||
Cattail-Kettle Lake | 2,800 | 1,133 | unknown | unknown | Marshall | |
Cavour Lake | 230 | 93 | Beadle | |||
Clear Lake | Deuel | |||||
Clear Lake | 1,087 | 439 | 20 | 6.1 | Marshall | |
Clear Lake | 472 | 191 | 11 | 3.35 | Minnehaha | |
Cold Brook Reservoir | 32 | 13 | 38 | 11.5 | Fall River | |
Cottonwood Lake | 350 | 141 | 12 | 3.6 | Marshall | |
Covell Lake | 15 | 6.1 | 9 | 2.7 | Minnehaha | |
Cresbard Lake | 53 | 21 | 15 | 4.5 | Faulk | |
Curlew Lake | 136 | 55 | 22 | 6.7 | Meade | |
Deerfield Reservoir | 90 | 27.4 | Pennington | |||
Diamond Lake | 256 | 104 | 12 | 3.65 | Minnehaha | |
Dimock Lake | 148 | 60 | 18 | 5.4 | Hutchinson | |
Dry Lake | 2,455 | 993 | 15 | 4.5 | Codington | |
Gardner Lake | 203 | 82 | 10 | 3.04 | Harding | |
East 81 Lake | 484 | 196 | unknown | unknown | Brookings | |
East Oakwood Lake | 928 | 375 | 9 | 2.7 | Brookings | |
East Lake Vermillion | 513 | 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 | |
Herman Park Pond | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2.7 | Lake | |
Horse Thief Lake | Pennington | Within walking distance of Mount Rushmore | ||||
Kampeska Gravel Pits | 30 | 12 | 21 | 6.4 | 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 | |
Lake Andes | Charles Mix | |||||
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 | |
Lake Faulkton | 115 | 46 | 20 | 6.1 | Faulk | |
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 | 2,323 | 940 | 8 | 2.4 | Kingsbury | |
Lake Herman | 1,287 | 521 | 13 | 3.9 | Lake | |
Lake Kampeska | 5,250 | 2,120 | 16.4 | 5 | Codington | |
Lake Lakota | 100 | 40 | Lincoln | |||
Lake Madison | 2,642 | 1,069 | 16 | 4.8 | Lake | |
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 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 |
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 Thompson | 20,000 | 8,090 | 34 | 10.3 | Kingsbury | |
Lake Traverse | 11,200 | 4,500 | Roberts | Shared with Minnesota | ||
Lake Whitewood | 4,677 | 1,893 | 7 | 2.1 | Kingsbury | |
Lake Yankton | Yankton | |||||
Leola Reservoir | 23 | 9 | 12 | 3.6 | McPherson | |
Lewis and Clark Lake | 31,000 | 13,000 | 45 | 13.7 | Bon Homme, Yankton | Shared with Nebraska |
Long Lake | 400 | 161 | 10 | 3 | McPherson | |
Lost Lake | 163 | 66 | Minnehaha | |||
Lynn Lake | 1,390 | 562 | 25 | 7.6 | Day | |
Marindahl Lake | 106.81 | 43 | 30 | 9.1 | Yankton | |
McCook Lake | 273 | 110 | 14 | 4.2 | Union | |
Mina Lake | 806 | 326 | 27 | 8.2 | Brown, Edmunds | |
Mud Lake | Seventeen lakes in South Dakota have this name. | |||||
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 | |
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 | 162 | 49.4 | Pennington | |||
Pelican Lake | 2,796 | 1,132 | 8 | 2.4 | Codington | |
Pickerel Lake | 981 | 396 | 41 | 12.4 | Day | |
Piyas Lake | 1,500 | 607 | 13 | 3.9 | Day, Marshall | |
Platte Lake | Aurora | |||||
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 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 | Deuel | |||||
Roy Lake | 1,690 | 683 | 21 | 6.4 | Marshall | |
Scott Lake | 107 | 43 | 11 | 3.3 | Minnehaha | |
Shadehill Reservoir | 4,693 | 1,899 | 62 | 18.9 | Perkins | |
Sheridan Lake | Pennington | |||||
Silver Lake | 393 | 159 | 7 | 2.1 | Hutchinson | |
Six Mile 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 | |
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 | Custer | |||||
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 | |
Waggoner Lake | 107 | 43.3 | 21 | 6.4 | Haakon | |
Wall Lake | 207 | 84 | 24 | 7.3 | Minnehaha | |
Waubay Lake | 15,540 | 6,290 | 31 | 9.4 | Day | |
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 | |
Wilmarth Lake | 103 | 41 | 26 | 7.9 | Aurora |
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