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Largest Lakes in California

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	Salton Sea	Imperial	233,096 acres	-
2	Lake Tahoe	Placer	122,975 acres	-
3	Goose Lake	Modoc	93,048 acres	-
4	Honey Lake	Lassen	59,917 acres	-
5	Mono Lake	Mono	45,124 acres	-
6	Clear Lake	Lake	39,651 acres	-
7	Middle Alkali Lake	Modoc	37,117 acres	-
8	Lake Almanor	Plumas	24,726 acres	-
9	Eagle Lake	Lassen	18,167 acres	-
10	Lake Berryessa	Napa	18,083 acres	-
11	Owens Lake	Inyo	17,272 acres	-
12	Clear Lake Reservoir	Modoc	16,192 acres	-
13	Trinity Lake	Trinity	15,587 acres	-
14	Upper Lake	Modoc	14,149 acres	-
15	San Luis Reservoir	Merced	12,831 acres	-
16	Shasta Lake	Shasta	12,416 acres	-
17	Shasta Lake	Shasta	11,443 acres	-
18	Don Pedro Reservoir	Tuolumne	10,980 acres	-
19	Lake Oroville	Butte	10,612 acres	-
20	Lower Lake	Modoc	10,067 acres	-
21	New Melones Lake	Tuolumne	8,957 acres	-
22	Tule Lake	Siskiyou	7,403 acres	-
23	Folsom Lake	Placer	6,840 acres	-
24	Camanche Reservoir	Calaveras	6,326 acres	-
25	Big Sage Reservoir	Modoc	5,618 acres	-
26	Middle Alkali Lake	Modoc	5,482 acres	-
27	Diamond Valley Lake	Riverside	4,918 acres	-
28	Pine Flat Lake	Fresno	4,863 acres	-
29	Mountain Meadows Reservoir	Lassen	4,840 acres	-
30	Lake McClure	Mariposa	4,827 acres	-
31	Isabella Lake	Kern	4,820 acres	-
32	Shasta Lake	Shasta	4,486 acres	-
33	Lake Crowley	Mono	4,372 acres	-
34	Folsom Lake	El Dorado	4,109 acres	-
35	New Bullards Bar Reservoir	Yuba	4,084 acres	-
36	Thermalito Afterbay	Butte	4,075 acres	-
37	Lake Davis	Plumas	4,070 acres	-
38	Tule Lake	Siskiyou	3,396 acres	-
39	Millerton Lake	Madera	3,313 acres	-
40	Lake Talawa	Del Norte	3,277 acres	-
41	Indian Valley Reservoir	Lake	3,263 acres	-
42	Stampede Reservoir	Sierra	3,230 acres	-
43	Lake Elsinore	Riverside	3,158 acres	-
44	Whiskeytown Lake	Shasta	3,152 acres	-
45	New Hogan Lake	Calaveras	3,088 acres	-
46	Horse Lake	Lassen	3,000 acres	-
47	Lake Nacimiento	San Luis Obispo	2,985 acres	-
48	Isabella Lake	Kern	2,871 acres	-
49	Black Butte Lake	Glenn	2,813 acres	-
50	Union Valley Reservoir	El Dorado	2,735 acres	-
51	Big Bear Lake	San Bernardino	2,695 acres	-
52	Lake Cachuma	Santa Barbara	2,584 acres	-
53	Boles Meadow	Modoc	2,248 acres	-
54	O'Neill Forebay	Merced	2,246 acres	-
55	Moon Lake	Lassen	2,238 acres	-
56	Lake Sonoma	Sonoma	2,235 acres	-
57	Perris Reservoir	Riverside	2,233 acres	-
58	Clifton Court Forebay	Contra Costa	2,215 acres	-
59	Shaver Lake	Fresno	2,161 acres	-
60	Lake Mathews	Riverside	2,146 acres	-
61	Meiss Lake	Siskiyou	2,035 acres	-
62	Castaic Lake	Los Angeles	2,008 acres	-
63	Hetch Hetchy Reservoir	Tuolumne	2,008 acres	-
64	Antelope Plains	Modoc	1,985 acres	-
65	Turlock Lake	Stanislaus	1,976 acres	-
66	Lower Klamath Lake Sump	Siskiyou	1,952 acres	-
67	Lake Pillsbury	Lake	1,947 acres	-
68	Sherman Lake	Contra Costa	1,841 acres	-
69	Lake Thomas A Edison	Fresno	1,835 acres	-
70	Horr Pond	Shasta	1,765 acres	-
71	Cherry Lake	Tuolumne	1,754 acres	-
72	Lake Henshaw	San Diego	1,754 acres	-
73	Bucks Lake	Plumas	1,731 acres	-
74	Woodward Reservoir	Stanislaus	1,717 acres	-
75	Modesto Reservoir	Stanislaus	1,697 acres	-
76	Lake Mendocino	Mendocino	1,684 acres	-
77	Bridgeport Reservoir	Mono	1,650 acres	-
78	Courtright Reservoir	Fresno	1,630 acres	-
79	Owens Lake	Inyo	1,630 acres	-
80	Pardee Reservoir	Amador	1,562 acres	-
81	Butt Valley Reservoir	Plumas	1,560 acres	-
82	Lake Casitas	Ventura	1,540 acres	-
83	Frenchman Lake	Plumas	1,527 acres	-
84	San Vicente Reservoir	San Diego	1,518 acres	-
85	Lake Success	Tulare	1,474 acres	-
86	Camp Far West Reservoir	Yuba	1,472 acres	-
87	Whitehorse Flat Reservoir	Modoc	1,465 acres	-
88	Huntington Lake	Fresno	1,425 acres	-
89	Big Lagoon	Humboldt	1,424 acres	-
90	French Meadows Reservoir	Placer	1,420 acres	-
91	Fallen Leaf Lake	El Dorado	1,414 acres	-
92	McCoy Flat Reservoir	Lassen	1,408 acres	-
93	Spicer Meadow Reservoir	Alpine	1,407 acres	-
94	Little Grass Valley Reservoir	Plumas	1,394 acres	-
95	Silurian Lake	San Bernardino	1,353 acres	-
96	Lower Klamath Lake	Siskiyou	1,337 acres	-
97	East Park Reservoir	Colusa	1,334 acres	-
98	Lake Kaweah	Tulare	1,331 acres	-
99	Stony Gorge Reservoir	Glenn	1,259 acres	-
100	Goose Lake	Modoc	1,244 acres	-

Showing the top 100 of 1,147 counted lakes. Search above, or browse by county on the California 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.