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Northern Nebraska Plant Reservoir Number 1, Nebraska
532 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Nebraska
42.81 degrees N, 98.67 degrees W - Boyd County. State and county outlines drawn from Census boundary data; the lake marker is placed by its USGS National Hydrography Dataset coordinates, not by eye. Schematic - not a survey map.
How Northern Nebraska Plant Reservoir Number 1 Stacks Up
- Larger than 94% of the 660 lakes counted in Nebraska.
- About 131 miles from Grand Island, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chain Lakes | Holt | 32 mi | 27 acres |
| Lizard Lake | Holt | 36 mi | 58 acres |
| Cottonwood Lake | Holt | 37 mi | 96 acres |
| Dora Lake | Holt | 39 mi | 452 acres |
| Snipe Lake | Rock | 40 mi | 213 acres |
| Kaupp Reservoir Number 4 | Keya Paha | 40 mi | 69 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Largest Lakes in Nebraska
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake McConaughy | Keith | 24,885 acres | - |
| 2 | Harlan County Lake | Harlan | 12,822 acres | - |
| 3 | Calamus Reservoir | Loup | 5,032 acres | - |
| 4 | Swanson Lake | Hitchcock | 4,661 acres | - |
| 5 | Sutherland Reservoir | Lincoln | 2,956 acres | - |
All 660 Nebraska lakes ranked by surface area
Sources: USGS NHD (The National Map NHD MapServer layer 12) named waterbodies FTYPE 390/436; counties via Census point-in-polygon lake data (ID 124602574). Verified October 30, 2026.