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.

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

See also

• List of rivers of South Dakota

Sources

• Lake Surveys, Maps, and Fishing Forecasts
  • Northeast South Dakota fish surveys
  • Southeast South Dakota fish surveys
  • Western South Dakota fish surveys
• Great Lakes of South Dakota Association
• Maps of South Dakota Lakes
• SD State Parks and Recreation Areas
• MN DNR Lake facts
• MN DNR Lake finder