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Largest Lakes in Alabama

Ranked by surface area, from USGS National Hydrography Dataset lake data. Flowages and reservoirs count here - size is size - and each is labeled in its own record.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Guntersville Lake	Jackson	65,603.24 acres	-
2	Wheeler Lake	Limestone	52,372.46 acres	-
3	Martin Lake	Tallapoosa	40,186.87 acres	-
4	Pickwick Lake	Lauderdale	34,469.69 acres	-
5	Weiss Lake	Cherokee	25,519.1 acres	-
6	Lewis Smith Lake	Winston	21,020.27 acres	-
7	Logan Martin Lake	St. Clair	16,686.29 acres	-
8	Wilson Lake	Colbert	15,534.8 acres	-
9	Lay Lake	Shelby	13,367.04 acres	-
10	R E 'Bob' Woodruff Reservoir	Autauga	11,572.5 acres	-
11	H Neely Henry Lake	Etowah	8,777.6 acres	-
12	Coffeeville Lake	Choctaw	6,459.58 acres	-
13	Warrior Lake	Hale	5,776.84 acres	-
14	Jordan Lake	Elmore	5,456.09 acres	-
15	Mitchell Lake	Coosa	5,400.24 acres	-
16	Lake Tuscaloosa	Tuscaloosa	5,075.54 acres	-
17	Bartletts Ferry Lake	Lee	4,977.94 acres	-
18	Wheeler Reservoir	Limestone	4,906.03 acres	-
19	R L Harris Reservoir	Randolph	4,878.86 acres	-
20	Bankhead Lake	Jefferson	4,113.55 acres	-
21	Cedar Creek Reservoir	Franklin	4,063.15 acres	-
22	Gainesville Lake	Sumter	3,553.23 acres	-
23	Big Creek Lake	Mobile	3,309.33 acres	-
24	Holt Lake	Tuscaloosa	3,151.83 acres	-
25	William 'Bill' Dannelly Reservoir	Wilcox	1,926.93 acres	-
26	Gantt Lake	Covington	1,820.43 acres	-
27	Upper Bear Creek Reservoir	Marion	1,576.9 acres	-
28	Inland Lake	Blount	1,389.72 acres	-
29	The Narrows	Shelby	961.98 acres	-
30	Briar Lake	Baldwin	894.03 acres	-
31	Negro Lake	Baldwin	839.42 acres	-
32	Bear Bay	Covington	703.51 acres	-
33	Lake Tholocco	Dale	679.29 acres	-
34	William Bacon Oliver Lake	Tuscaloosa	662.92 acres	-
35	Bear Creek Reservoir	Franklin	653.59 acres	-
36	Shelby Lakes	Baldwin	570.81 acres	-
37	Prattville Industrial Board Waste Pond	Autauga	552.28 acres	-
38	Lake Catoma	Cullman	527.32 acres	-
39	The T	Baldwin	473.21 acres	-
40	Sehoy Lake	Bullock	449.98 acres	-
41	Bayview Lake	Jefferson	412.42 acres	-
42	Sougahatchee Lake	Lee	346.36 acres	-
43	Three Rivers Lake	Washington	331.62 acres	-
44	Speigner Lake	Elmore	312.34 acres	-
45	Lake Nicol	Tuscaloosa	311.35 acres	-
46	South Lake	Clarke	310.86 acres	-
47	Lake Ogletree	Lee	292.08 acres	-
48	Cypress Swamp	Sumter	287.14 acres	-
49	MacMillan Bloedel Incorporated Waste Pond	Wilcox	266.14 acres	-
50	Jacobs Swamp	Autauga	265.64 acres	-
51	Justins Bay	Baldwin	263.17 acres	-
52	Whitesides Mill Lake	Calhoun	251.8 acres	-
53	Hammermill Waste Treatment Pond	Dallas	237.96 acres	-
54	Highland Lake	Blount	235.49 acres	-
55	Lake Lurleen	Tuscaloosa	227.58 acres	-
56	Wehapa Lake	Shelby	197.19 acres	-
57	Gerald Wallace Lake Number Two	Montgomery	196.36 acres	-
58	Steelwood Lake	Baldwin	195.95 acres	-
59	Chambers County Public Lake	Chambers	190.58 acres	-
60	Rattlesnake Lake	Walker	183.85 acres	-
61	Choccolocco Number 11 Lake	Cleburne	180.88 acres	-
62	Martin Slough	Hale	174.95 acres	-
63	Big Slough	Pickens	170.5 acres	-
64	Zamora Lake	Jefferson	169.51 acres	-
65	The Beaver Pond	Pike	166.91 acres	-
66	Leon Brooks Hines Lake	Escambia	166.3 acres	-
67	Smith Lake	Monroe	164.08 acres	-
68	Pinedale Lake	St. Clair	161.36 acres	-
69	Coldwater Pond	Tuscaloosa	160.12 acres	-
70	Russellville Reservoir	Franklin	159.63 acres	-
71	George Lake	Cullman	159.14 acres	-
72	Patterson Lake	Baldwin	151.72 acres	-
73	Walker County Lake	Walker	149.75 acres	-
74	Stiggins Lake	Baldwin	148.51 acres	-
75	Lake Buttahatchee	Marion	144.06 acres	-
76	Little Bateau Bay	Baldwin	143.07 acres	-
77	Container Corporation Treatment P	Escambia	140.2 acres	-
78	Lake Harris	Tuscaloosa	138.87 acres	-
79	S C M Waste Treatment Pond	Clarke	137.14 acres	-
80	Tallaseehatchee Watershed Number 1	Talladega	135.91 acres	-
81	David Lake	Mobile	133.87 acres	-
82	Chandler Mountain Lake	St. Clair	131.95 acres	-
83	Lee County Public Lake	Lee	129.98 acres	-
84	Crabtree Slough	Morgan	129.17 acres	-
85	McCay Lake	Blount	125.53 acres	-
86	Russell Pond	Tallapoosa	121.08 acres	-
87	Cobbs Lake	Elmore	120.59 acres	-
88	Torbert Lake	Russell	120.59 acres	-
89	DeKalb County Public Lake	DeKalb	118.54 acres	-
90	Dead Lake	Mobile	113.42 acres	-
91	Forest Ingram Lake	Cullman	112.43 acres	-
92	Payne Lake	Hale	111.44 acres	-
93	Watershed Structure Number Twelve	Perry	111.44 acres	-
94	Dinsmore Slough	Morgan	109.81 acres	-
95	McShan Lake Number Two	Pickens	107.9 acres	-
96	Ski Lake	Tuscaloosa	106.75 acres	-
97	Final Mill Effluent Treatment Pon	Choctaw	106.71 acres	-
98	Lady Ann Lake	Madison	106.35 acres	-
99	Bay Grass	Baldwin	103.58 acres	-
100	Jordan Lake	Coosa	103.54 acres	-

Showing the top 100 of 371 counted lakes. Search above, or browse by county on the Alabama page, for the full inventory.

Source: USGS National Hydrography Dataset lake data. Verified October 30, 2026. New lakes are added as their records are verified - rankings update with every addition.