Largest lakes & reservoirs in South Dakota by water volume
This is a comparison for lakes within USA > Midwest > South Dakota > - Compared by Largest Lakes - Water Volume in acre-foot.For some lakes, "Largest Lakes - Water Volume" is unknown or does not apply, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 11 articles we have published for South Dakota lakes.
Note: In the United States, an acre foot is a unit of volume used to refer to large-scale bodies of water. It is defined by the volume of water needed to cover 1 acre of surface area to a depth of 1 foot.
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Lake name  |
Water vol. in ac-ft |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Oahe (Great Lakes Region, Midwest, North Dakota, South Central, South Dakota, Southwest, USA) |
23,137,000 ac-ft | Lake Oahe, named after an Oahe Indian Mission, roughly translates “a foundation” or “a place to stand on.” Spanning 231 miles from Pierre, South Dakot… |
| Lake Francis Case (Great Lakes Region, Midwest, South Dakota, USA) |
3,124,000 ac-ft | Lake Francis Case, one of the most popular recreation spots in the Great Plains, is located along the Missouri River in south-central South Dakota. La… |
| Lake Sharpe (Great Lakes Region, Midwest, South Dakota, USA) |
1,621,000 ac-ft | Lake Sharpe, located on South Dakota Highways 50 and 47 near Chamberlain, and Reliance, is one of the four reservoirs constructed along the Missouri R… |
| Lewis and Clark Lake (Lewis and Clark, Midwest, Nebraska, South Dakota, Southeast Region, USA) |
388,000 ac-ft | Stretching 25 miles long and straddling the Nebraska and South Dakota border, 28,000-acre Lewis and Clark Lake is the smallest of the Missouri River r… |
| Lake Traverse (Central, Glacial Lakes & Prairies Region, Midwest, Minnesota, South Dakota, USA) |
164,500 ac-ft | Lake Traverse straddles the border of Minnesota’s Central tourism region and South Dakota’s northeastern Great Lakes and Prairie region. Covering more… |
| Angostura Reservoir (Black Hills, Badlands & Lakes Region, Midwest, South Dakota, USA) |
138,761 ac-ft | (Also known as Angostura Recreation Area, Lake Angostura, Angostura Lake) At the fringes of the unique Black Hills, or Paha Sapa in the Lakota language, is the Angostura Reservoir. Part of the Black Hills and Badlands wester… |
| Big Stone Lake (Central, Glacial Lakes & Prairies Region, Midwest, Minnesota, South Dakota, USA) |
98,880 ac-ft | Big Stone Lake’s sparkling blue water covers 12,360 acres and forms the border between western Minnesota and northeastern South Dakota. This picturesq… |
| Richmond Lake (Glacial Lakes & Prairies Region, Midwest, South Dakota, USA) |
12,435 ac-ft | (Also known as Richmond Reservoir) Richmond Lake turned 75 years old in 2012. Built near Aberdeen during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression of the 1930s, Richmond Lake was one of 657 la… |
| Marindahl Lake (Midwest, South Dakota, Southeast Region, USA) |
1,747 ac-ft | (Also known as Marindahl Reservoir) Marindahl Lake, in South Dakotas’s Southeast Region, isn’t the kind of lake you’ll find on lists of the world’s greatest lakes. Indeed, you may not be… |
