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Largest Lakes in Louisiana

Ranked by surface area, from Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries 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	Lake Pontchartrain	Jefferson	407,803.25 acres	-
2	Toledo Bend Reservoir	Sabine	181,600 acres	110 ft
3	Lake Maurepas	Livingston	58,308.4 acres	-
4	Sabine Lake	Cameron	56,867.74 acres	-
5	White Lake	Vermilion	55,913.91 acres	-
6	Lake Salvador	St. Charles	49,967.43 acres	-
7	Calcasieu Lake	Cameron	45,365.29 acres	-
8	Grand Lake	Cameron	39,895.04 acres	-
9	Lac des Allemands	St. John the Baptist	16,593.87 acres	-
10	Catahoula Lake	La Salle	16,527.11 acres	-
11	Lake Fausse Pointe	Iberia	16,501 acres	6 ft
12	Lake Verret	Assumption	15,076.76 acres	-
13	Caddo Lake	Caddo	15,049.71 acres	-
14	Haggerty Camp Lake	Morehouse	14,301.1 acres	-
15	Lake Bistineau	Bossier	13,062.35 acres	-
16	Bayou D'Arbonne Lake	Union	13,005.44 acres	-
17	Lake Mechant	Terrebonne	11,176.68 acres	-
18	Lake Palourde	St. Martin	10,809.86 acres	-
19	Caillou Lake	Terrebonne	10,276.13 acres	-
20	Black Lake	Natchitoches	10,014.21 acres	-
21	West Cove	Cameron	9,375.76 acres	-
22	Lake Cataouatche	St. Charles	7,432.19 acres	-
23	Cross Lake	Caddo	7,043 acres	18.3 ft
24	Lake Saint Catherine	Orleans	6,688.61 acres	-
25	Lake Iatt	Grant	6,603 acres	19 ft
26	Lake Boudreaux	Terrebonne	6,204.7 acres	-
27	Cocodrie Lake	Evangeline	6,100 acres	12 ft
28	Lake Arthur	Cameron	6,020.88 acres	-
29	Lake Claiborne	Claiborne	5,774 acres	-
30	Saline Lake	Natchitoches	5,504.47 acres	-
31	Five Lakes	Cameron	5,290.57 acres	-
32	Lake Lery	St. Bernard	5,280.31 acres	-
33	Henderson Lake	Union	5,000 acres	30 ft
34	Lake De Cade	Terrebonne	4,922.8 acres	-
35	Eagle Lake	Madison	4,830.65 acres	-
36	Lake Bigeux	St. Martin	4,794.83 acres	-
37	Caney Creek Reservoir	Jackson	4,738 acres	43 ft
38	Lost Lake	Terrebonne	4,700.74 acres	-
39	Mallard Bay	Cameron	4,669.64 acres	-
40	Madison Bay	Terrebonne	4,613.42 acres	-
41	Sweet Lake	Cameron	4,494.41 acres	-
42	Lake Eugenie	St. Bernard	4,478.67 acres	-
43	Black Bayou Lake	Caddo	4,385.13 acres	-
44	Lake Batola	Plaquemines	4,346 acres	-
45	Lake Quitman	Terrebonne	4,174.49 acres	-
46	Black Lake	Cameron	3,926.46 acres	-
47	Lake Eloi	St. Bernard	3,721.57 acres	-
48	Moncleuse Bay	Terrebonne	3,595.49 acres	-
49	Little Lake	Lafourche	3,552.25 acres	-
50	Sixmile Lake	St. Mary	3,331.46 acres	-
51	Lake Athanasio	St. Bernard	3,259.76 acres	-
52	False River	Pointe Coupee	3,212 acres	65 ft
53	Turkey Creek Lake	Franklin	3,080 acres	22 ft
54	Brushy Lake	Tensas	2,991.51 acres	-
55	Bay Junop	Terrebonne	2,972.28 acres	-
56	Lake Rodemacher	Rapides	2,938 acres	25 ft
57	Collicon Lake	Cameron	2,788.94 acres	-
58	Lake Misere	Cameron	2,723.97 acres	-
59	Pucketts Lake	Ouachita	2,683.45 acres	-
60	Bobs Lakes	St. Bernard	2,590.68 acres	-
61	Mud Lake	Cameron	2,566.41 acres	-
62	Catfish Lake	Lafourche	2,544.89 acres	-
63	Larto Lake	Catahoula	2,526.45 acres	-
64	Yucatan Lake	Tensas	2,525.26 acres	-
65	Anacoco Lake	Vernon	2,199 acres	35 ft
66	Monday Lake	Pointe Coupee	2,195.03 acres	-
67	Lake Fields	Lafourche	2,173.39 acres	-
68	Lake Saint John	Concordia	2,126.93 acres	-
69	Bussy Brake	Morehouse	2,124.67 acres	-
70	King Lake	Terrebonne	1,975.63 acres	-
71	North Pass	St. Tammany	1,918.57 acres	-
72	Grand Lake	Plaquemines	1,801.23 acres	-
73	Kincaid Reservoir	Rapides	1,789 acres	22 ft
74	Mud Lake	Terrebonne	1,784.11 acres	-
75	Clear Lake One	De Soto	1,776.58 acres	-
76	Indian Creek Reservoir	Rapides	1,742 acres	25 ft
77	Prien Lake	Calcasieu	1,703.55 acres	-
78	Bay Voisin	Terrebonne	1,614.69 acres	-
79	Bayou Des Mats	St. Tammany	1,614.46 acres	-
80	Cotile Lake	Rapides	1,604 acres	28 ft
81	Kepler Creek Lake	Bienville	1,580.35 acres	-
82	Hackberry Lake	Terrebonne	1,566.91 acres	-
83	Old River	East Carroll	1,535.57 acres	-
84	Dog Lake	Terrebonne	1,519.93 acres	-
85	Dufrene Ponds	Lafourche	1,516.24 acres	-
86	Lakes of Bayou Marron	St. Bernard	1,506.09 acres	-
87	Bundick Lake	Beauregard	1,450 acres	24 ft
88	Lake Theriot	Terrebonne	1,443.17 acres	-
89	Lake Laurier	Lafourche	1,424.9 acres	-
90	Nantachie Lake	Grant	1,424 acres	17 ft
91	Lake Providence	East Carroll	1,380 acres	37 ft
92	Alexis Bay	Plaquemines	1,367.42 acres	-
93	Blind Lagoon	Orleans	1,357.1 acres	-
94	Lake Saint Joseph	Tensas	1,336.26 acres	-
95	Halfmoon Lake	St. Bernard	1,329.37 acres	-
96	Willow Lake	Cameron	1,310.34 acres	-
97	Fearman Lake	Vermilion	1,256.64 acres	-
98	Bay Charlie	Terrebonne	1,241.69 acres	-
99	Grassy Lake	St. Martin	1,241.45 acres	-
100	Spanish Lake	St. Martin	1,217.11 acres	-

Showing the top 100 of 664 counted lakes. Search above, or browse by county on the Louisiana page, for the full inventory.

Source: Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries lake data. Verified October 30, 2026. New lakes are added as their records are verified - rankings update with every addition.