List of lakes in South Dakota

This is a list of lakes in South Dakota.

Name	Area (acres)	(hectares)	Max. depth (ft)	(m)	County(ies)	Notes
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^[1]	8,090^[1]	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
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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References

^ ^a ^b "Eastern South Dakota Wetlands". United States Geological Survey. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/wetlands/eastwet/overview.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-10.

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Regions	Badlands Black Hills Coteau des Prairies Coteau du Missouri Dissected Till Plains East River Pine Ridge Siouxland West River

Larger cities pop. over 5,000	Aberdeen Belle Fourche Box Elder Brandon Brookings Huron Madison Mitchell Pierre Rapid City Sioux Falls Spearfish Sturgis Vermillion Watertown Yankton

Smaller cities pop. over 1,000	Baltic Beresford Britton Canton Chamberlain Clark Clear Lake Crooks Custer De Smet Deadwood Dell Rapids Eagle Butte Elk Point Flandreau Fort Pierre Freeman Garretson Gettysburg Gregory Groton Harrisburg Hartford Hot Springs Lead Lemmon Lennox Martin Milbank Miller Mission Mobridge North Sioux City Parker Parkston Platte Redfield Salem Sisseton Springfield Summerset Tea Tyndall Volga Wagner Webster Winner

Largest CDPs pop. over 1,000	Blackhawk Colonial Pine Hills Dakota Dunes Fort Thompson North Eagle Butte North Spearfish Oglala Pine Ridge Porcupine Rapid Valley Rosebud

Counties	Aurora Beadle Bennett Bon Homme Brookings Brown Brule Buffalo Butte Campbell Charles Mix Clark Clay Codington Corson Custer Davison Day Deuel Dewey Douglas Edmunds Fall River Faulk Grant Gregory Haakon Hamlin Hand Hanson Harding Hughes Hutchinson Hyde Jackson Jerauld Jones Kingsbury Lake Lawrence Lincoln Lyman Marshall McCook McPherson Meade Mellette Miner Minnehaha Moody Pennington Perkins Potter Roberts Sanborn Shannon Spink Stanley Sully Todd Tripp Turner Union Walworth Yankton Ziebach

List of lakes in South Dakota

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