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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
Brant 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
600
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 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
Herman Park Pond
5
2
9
2.7
Lake
Horse Thief Lake
Pennington
Within walking distance of Mount Rushmore
Jones Lake
100.5
40.7
7.5
2.3
Hand
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 Louise
163
66
25
7.6
Hand
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
800
323.7
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
1,040|
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
383
155
29.5
9
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
17
7
12.1
3.9
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
See also
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References