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Largest Lakes in Missouri

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	Lake of the Ozarks	Camden	51,171.75 acres	-
2	Harry S Truman Reservoir	Benton	49,365.93 acres	-
3	Table Rock Lake	Stone	41,777.86 acres	-
4	Stockton Lake	Cedar	24,962.34 acres	-
5	Mark Twain Lake	Ralls	18,362.33 acres	-
6	Pomme de Terre Lake	Hickory	7,667.43 acres	-
7	Lake Wappapello	Wayne	7,617.79 acres	-
8	Thomas Hill Reservoir	Randolph	4,015.72 acres	-
9	Long Branch Lake	Macon	2,752.13 acres	-
10	Silver Lake	Chariton	2,573.99 acres	-
11	Lake Taneycomo	Taney	2,133.07 acres	-
12	Clearwater Lake	Reynolds	1,634.85 acres	-
13	Lake Jacomo	Jackson	999.5 acres	-
14	Little Blue River Lakes	Jackson	953.83 acres	-
15	Swan Lake	Chariton	937.66 acres	-
16	Lake Thunderhead	Putnam	859.93 acres	-
17	Cut-Off Lake	Chariton	819.36 acres	-
18	Fellows Lake	Greene	800.62 acres	-
19	Amax Tailing Pond	Reynolds	713.91 acres	-
20	Big Lake	Holt	665.58 acres	-
21	Forest Lake	Adair	580.45 acres	-
22	Lake Viking	Daviess	552.53 acres	-
23	Lake Lotawana	Jackson	487.29 acres	-
24	Lake Saint Louis	St. Charles	444.3 acres	-
25	Council Bluff Lake	Iron	439.01 acres	-
26	Atkinson Lake	St. Clair	434.15 acres	-
27	Bean Lake	Platte	419.58 acres	-
28	Harrisonville City Lake	Cass	417.03 acres	-
29	Lewis and Clark Lake	Buchanan	394.69 acres	-
30	Number 46 Lake	Reynolds	393.65 acres	-
31	Schell Lake	Vernon	390.24 acres	-
32	New Viburnum Tailings Pond	Iron	390.09 acres	-
33	Alton Slough	St. Charles	386.08 acres	-
34	See Lake	Vernon	319.57 acres	-
35	Lake Contrary	Buchanan	318.38 acres	-
36	Goose Creek Lake	St. Francois	315.06 acres	-
37	Point Pleasant Chute	New Madrid	312.51 acres	-
38	Sugar Creek Lake	Randolph	308.46 acres	-
39	Indian Lake	Crawford	305.67 acres	-
40	Creve Coeur Lake	St. Louis	303.2 acres	-
41	Lake Springfield	Greene	293.07 acres	-
42	Daniel Boone Lake	Shelby	287.63 acres	-
43	Holden City Lake	Johnson	285.16 acres	-
44	Lakewood Lake East	Jackson	278.73 acres	-
45	Lake Winnebago	Cass	271.67 acres	-
46	South Lake	Chariton	263.41 acres	-
47	Lake Niangua	Camden	256.74 acres	-
48	Eugene D Nims Lake	St. Francois	251.31 acres	-
49	Edwin A Pape Lake	Lafayette	251.06 acres	-
50	Number 111 Lake	Henry	249.33 acres	-
51	Memphis Lake	Scotland	240.43 acres	-
52	Lake Paho	Mercer	239.52 acres	-
53	Number 51 Lake	Reynolds	238.95 acres	-
54	Pony Express Lake	DeKalb	234.75 acres	-
55	Lake Nehai Tonayea	Chariton	228.08 acres	-
56	Intermediate Viburnum Tailings Pond	Iron	225.89 acres	-
57	Hunnewell Lake	Shelby	222.64 acres	-
58	McDaniel Lake	Greene	218.53 acres	-
59	Ozark Ore Company Lake	St. Francois	214.49 acres	-
60	Sunnen Lake	Washington	212.13 acres	-
61	Browning Lake	Buchanan	204.6 acres	-
62	D C Rogers Lake	Howard	203.05 acres	-
63	New Milan Reservoir	Sullivan	198.59 acres	-
64	Little Dixie Lake	Callaway	195.26 acres	-
65	Macon Lake	Macon	188.74 acres	-
66	Higginsville Reservoir	Lafayette	186.07 acres	-
67	Weatherby Lake	Platte	185.33 acres	-
68	King Lake	DeKalb	180.51 acres	-
69	Holiday Acres Lake	Randolph	165.77 acres	-
70	Incline Village Lake	Warren	165.23 acres	-
71	Kraut Run Lake	St. Charles	164.08 acres	-
72	Pilot Knob Lake	St. Francois	163.09 acres	-
73	New Marceline City Lake	Chariton	160.48 acres	-
74	Peaceful Valley Lake	Gasconade	158.15 acres	-
75	Lamar City Lake	Barton	154.22 acres	-
76	Blind Pony Lake	Saline	154.19 acres	-
77	Port Perry Number 2 Lake	Perry	154.19 acres	-
78	Mallard Marsh	Holt	145.55 acres	-
79	Lake Girardeau	Cape Girardeau	144.31 acres	-
80	Lower Reservoir	Reynolds	143.32 acres	-
81	Prairie Lee Lake	Jackson	142.63 acres	-
82	Binder Lake	Cole	141.93 acres	-
83	Blackberry Hay Farm Lake	Jasper	136.31 acres	-
84	Lake Sherwood	Warren	134.92 acres	-
85	Riss Lake	Platte	127.01 acres	-
86	Greys Lake	Atchison	126.27 acres	-
87	Lake Tishomingo	Jefferson	119.56 acres	-
88	Henry Sever Lake	Knox	115.89 acres	-
89	Barber Lake	St. Clair	115.4 acres	-
90	Pinnacle Lake	Montgomery	114.66 acres	-
91	Spring Fork Lake	Pettis	113.79 acres	-
92	Kings Lake	Lincoln	109.47 acres	-
93	Patterson Farms Lake Section 13	Nodaway	109.22 acres	-
94	Roach Lake	Livingston	106.5 acres	-
95	Lac Capri	St. Francois	106.05 acres	-
96	Golden Eagle Lake	Montgomery	104.53 acres	-
97	Centaur Chute	St. Louis	104.28 acres	-
98	Palmer Lake	Washington	103.06 acres	-
99	Bluff Pool	Holt	102.55 acres	-
100	Trenton Lower Lake	Grundy	100.75 acres	-

Showing the top 100 of 352 counted lakes. Search above, or browse by county on the Missouri 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.