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This is a list of lakes in South Dakota. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. ... By volume, it is the fourth-largest ...
Lake Thompson is a lake in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States. With an area of 16,236 acres (65.70 km 2 ), [ 2 ] it is one of the largest natural lakes in South Dakota. The maximum depth of the lake is 26 ft (7.9 m), and the shoreline has a length of 44.6 miles (71.8 km). [ 2 ]
Great Salt Lake: Utah: 950 sq mi 2,460 km 2: natural salt [4] 9 Lake Oahe: North Dakota–South Dakota: 685 sq mi 1,774 km 2: man-made [5] 10 Lake Okeechobee: Florida: 662 sq mi 1,715 km 2: natural [6] 11 Lake Pontchartrain: Louisiana: 631 sq mi 1,634 km 2: natural brackish [7] 12 Lake Sakakawea: North Dakota: 520 sq mi 1,347 km 2: man-made 13 ...
Pactola Lake is the largest and deepest reservoir in the Black Hills, located 15 miles west of Rapid City, South Dakota, United States.Constructed in 1952, the dam and waters are managed by the Bureau of Reclamation, with the surrounding land managed by the US Forest Service as part of Black Hills National Forest, which operates a visitor center located on the south side of the dam. [2]
Lake Oahe (/ oʊ ˈ w ɑː. h iː /) is a large reservoir behind the Oahe Dam on the Missouri River; it begins in central South Dakota and continues north into North Dakota in the United States. The lake has an area of 370,000 acres (1,500 km 2 ) and a maximum depth of 205 ft (62 m). [ 1 ]
deepest lake in the United States 23: Seneca Lake: New York: 12,566,054 acre⋅ft (15.5 km 3) 618 ft (188 m) largest of the Finger Lakes: 24: Yellowstone Lake: Wyoming: 12,095,264 acre⋅ft (14.9 km 3) 390 ft (119 m) highest in elevation of large lakes 25: Lake Franklin D. Roosevelt: Washington: 9,402,000 acre⋅ft (11.6 km 3) 349 ft (106 m ...
The Oahe Dam (/ oʊ ˈ ɑː h iː /) is a large earthen dam on the Missouri River, just north of Pierre, South Dakota, United States.Begun in 1948 and opened in 1962, the dam creates Lake Oahe, the fourth-largest man-made reservoir in the United States.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in South Dakota. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).