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Largest Lakes in Nebraska

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 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	-
6	Merritt Reservoir	Cherry	2,544 acres	-
7	Sherman Reservoir	Sherman	2,435 acres	-
8	Johnson Lake	Dawson	2,207 acres	-
9	Lake Minatare	Scotts Bluff	1,958 acres	-
10	Branched Oak Lake	Lancaster	1,757 acres	-
11	Harry Strunk Lake	Frontier	1,727 acres	-
12	Lake Maloney	Lincoln	1,585 acres	-
13	Hugh Butler Lake	Frontier	1,496 acres	-
14	Twin Lakes	Sheridan	1,307 acres	-
15	Box Butte Reservoir	Dawes	1,263 acres	-
16	Enders Reservoir	Chase	1,195 acres	-
17	Dads Lake	Cherry	1,104 acres	-
18	Crescent Lake	Garden	1,008 acres	-
19	Davis Creek Reservoir	Valley	980 acres	-
20	Elwood Reservoir	Gosper	978 acres	-
21	Whitney Lake	Dawes	962 acres	-
22	South Marsh Lake	Cherry	947 acres	-
23	Lake Babcock	Platte	846 acres	-
24	Big Alkali Lake	Cherry	813 acres	-
25	Willow Creek Lake	Pierce	770 acres	-
26	Mother Lake	Cherry	712 acres	-
27	Cottonwood Lake	Cherry	667 acres	-
28	Alkali Lake	Cherry	661 acres	-
29	Schoonover Lake	Garden	658 acres	-
30	Pelican Lake	Cherry	627 acres	-
31	Lake Alice	Scotts Bluff	622 acres	-
32	Pawnee Lake	Lancaster	620 acres	-
33	Jeffrey Reservoir	Lincoln	605 acres	-
34	Ogallala Lake	Keith	574 acres	-
35	Trout Lake	Cherry	550 acres	-
36	Island Lake	Garden	532 acres	-
37	Northern Nebraska Plant Reservoir Number 1	Boyd	532 acres	-
38	Dewey Lake	Cherry	524 acres	-
39	Clear Lake	Cherry	510 acres	-
40	Alkali Lake	Cherry	508 acres	-
41	Hackberry Lake	Cherry	501 acres	-
42	Moon Lake	Brown	500 acres	-
43	Dora Lake	Holt	452 acres	-
44	Mule Lake	Cherry	434 acres	-
45	Spring Valley Lake	Grant	429 acres	-
46	Ashburger Lake	Garden	420 acres	-
47	Long Lake	Cherry	418 acres	-
48	Lake Wanahoo	Saunders	406 acres	-
49	Willow Lake	Brown	403 acres	-
50	Swan Lake	Cherry	402 acres	-
51	George Lake	Grant	399 acres	-
52	Whitewater Lake	Cherry	379 acres	-
53	Billys Lake	Sheridan	377 acres	-
54	Enders Lake	Brown	377 acres	-
55	Red Deer Lake	Cherry	377 acres	-
56	Swan Lake	Garden	375 acres	-
57	Willow Lake	Cherry	373 acres	-
58	Peter Long Lake	Sheridan	371 acres	-
59	North Marsh Lake	Cherry	358 acres	-
60	Cody Lake	Cherry	346 acres	-
61	Glenn Cunningham Lake	Douglas	345 acres	-
62	S B Lake	Cherry	341 acres	-
63	Diamond Lake	Sheridan	339 acres	-
64	Beaver Lake	Cherry	327 acres	-
65	Long Lake	Sheridan	327 acres	-
66	Hackberry Lake	Garden	325 acres	-
67	Cravath Lake	Sheridan	318 acres	-
68	Carson Lake	Garfield	310 acres	-
69	Round Lake	Cherry	309 acres	-
70	Pony Lake	Rock	303 acres	-
71	Wagon Train Lake	Lancaster	299 acres	-
72	Beaver Lake	Cass	297 acres	-
73	Vrender Swamp	Cherry	297 acres	-
74	Spring Lake	Sheridan	296 acres	-
75	Salt Lake	Lancaster	294 acres	-
76	Blue Lake	Garden	288 acres	-
77	Alkali Lake	Brown	280 acres	-
78	Black Lake	Sheridan	278 acres	-
79	Swan Lake	Arthur	276 acres	-
80	Big Lake	Cherry	269 acres	-
81	Horseshoe Lake	Cuming	261 acres	-
82	Rush Lake	Garfield	259 acres	-
83	Newport Landing Lake	Douglas	257 acres	-
84	Bluestem Lake	Lancaster	256 acres	-
85	Frye Lake	Grant	256 acres	-
86	Home Valley Lake	Cherry	254 acres	-
87	Lone Tree Lake	Cherry	254 acres	-
88	Goose Lake	Cherry	252 acres	-
89	Jesse Lake	Sheridan	244 acres	-
90	Sandbeach Lake	Garden	244 acres	-
91	Central Midway Lake	Dawson	239 acres	-
92	Goose Lake	Garden	235 acres	-
93	Zorinsky Lake	Douglas	235 acres	-
94	Winters Creek Lake	Scotts Bluff	234 acres	-
95	McCarthy Lake	Morrill	231 acres	-
96	Long Lake	Brown	226 acres	-
97	Smith Lake	Sheridan	220 acres	-
98	Square Lake	Cherry	218 acres	-
99	Bean Lake	Garden	217 acres	-
100	Wehrspann Lake	Sarpy	216 acres	-

Showing the top 100 of 660 counted lakes. Search above, or browse by county on the Nebraska 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.