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Largest Lakes in Nevada

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 Mead	Clark	133,758 acres	-
2	Pyramid Lake	Washoe	108,982 acres	-
3	Walker Lake	Mineral	29,655 acres	-
4	Rye Patch Reservoir	Pershing	11,474 acres	-
5	Lahontan Reservoir	Lyon	9,999 acres	-
6	Humboldt Salt Marsh	Churchill	9,832 acres	-
7	Humboldt Lake	Churchill	8,947 acres	-
8	Y Pond	White Pine	6,464 acres	-
9	Big Water	Churchill	6,003 acres	-
10	Washoe Lake	Washoe	5,562 acres	-
11	Goshute Lake	Elko	4,226 acres	-
12	Alkali Lake	Washoe	3,790 acres	-
13	Massacre Lake	Washoe	3,715 acres	-
14	Dry Lake	Nye	3,172 acres	-
15	Sheckler Reservoir	Churchill	2,768 acres	-
16	Snow Water Lake	Elko	2,641 acres	-
17	Lower Pitt-Taylor Reservoir	Pershing	2,562 acres	-
18	Carson Lake	Churchill	2,420 acres	-
19	North Nutgrass	Churchill	2,398 acres	-
20	Mursha Reservoir	Clark	2,279 acres	-
21	Chimney Reservoir	Humboldt	2,190 acres	-
22	Upper Pitt-Taylor Reservoir	Pershing	2,072 acres	-
23	Toulon Lake	Pershing	1,905 acres	-
24	Topaz Lake	Douglas	1,852 acres	-
25	Stillwater Point Reservoir	Churchill	1,851 acres	-
26	Dry Lake	Nye	1,821 acres	-
27	South Fork Reservoir	Elko	1,593 acres	-
28	Artesia Lake	Lyon	1,455 acres	-
29	Continental Lake	Humboldt	1,427 acres	-
30	West Lake	Washoe	1,411 acres	-
31	Swan Lake Reservoir	Washoe	1,370 acres	-
32	New Year Lake	Washoe	1,345 acres	-
33	Wild Horse Reservoir	Elko	1,315 acres	-
34	Calcutta Lake	Washoe	1,313 acres	-
35	Tule Lake	Churchill	1,297 acres	-
36	Little Dutch Bill Pond	Churchill	1,271 acres	-
37	North Lead Lake	Churchill	1,246 acres	-
38	Pintail Bay	Churchill	1,209 acres	-
39	Salt Wells Marsh	Churchill	1,182 acres	-
40	Middle Lake	Washoe	1,157 acres	-
41	Willow Lake	Churchill	1,093 acres	-
42	Swan Lake	Churchill	1,035 acres	-
43	Foxtail Lake	Churchill	937 acres	-
44	Goose Lake	Churchill	924 acres	-
45	Weber Reservoir	Mineral	887 acres	-
46	Wilson Reservoir	Elko	852 acres	-
47	Franklin Lake	Elko	843 acres	-
48	Mud Lake	Nye	827 acres	-
49	Mosquito Lake	Washoe	747 acres	-
50	Summit Lake	Humboldt	727 acres	-
51	High Rock Lake	Humboldt	688 acres	-
52	Adams-McGill Reservoir	Nye	677 acres	-
53	South Nutgrass	Churchill	668 acres	-
54	Dry Lake	Nye	626 acres	-
55	East Alkali Lake Number One	Churchill	620 acres	-
56	Ruby Lake	Elko	605 acres	-
57	Big Spring Reservoir	Humboldt	598 acres	-
58	Willow Creek Reservoir	Elko	579 acres	-
59	Swan Lake	Washoe	533 acres	-
60	Quinn River Lakes	Humboldt	512 acres	-
61	Dry Lake	Churchill	507 acres	-
62	Upper Pahranagat Lake	Lincoln	467 acres	-
63	Silver Lake	Washoe	449 acres	-
64	Central Lake	Washoe	444 acres	-
65	Burnt Lake	Washoe	417 acres	-
66	Middle Lake	Washoe	374 acres	-
67	Soda Lake	Churchill	359 acres	-
68	Harmon Reservoir	Churchill	356 acres	-
69	Marlette Lake	Washoe	354 acres	-
70	Fortynine Lake	Washoe	351 acres	-
71	Lower Pahranagat Lake	Lincoln	345 acres	-
72	Oles Pond	Churchill	342 acres	-
73	Lake Las Vegas	Clark	311 acres	-
74	Comins Lake	White Pine	302 acres	-
75	23 Mile Reservoir	Elko	295 acres	-
76	Upper Foxtail Lake	Churchill	294 acres	-
77	Mud Lake	Douglas	292 acres	-
78	Upper Fish Lake	Nye	291 acres	-
79	Mud Lake	Washoe	286 acres	-
80	Ruby Lake Unit Fourteen	Elko	284 acres	-
81	Lake Phyllis	Elko	272 acres	-
82	Cattail Lake	Churchill	266 acres	-
83	Gridley Lake	Humboldt	262 acres	-
84	Swan Check	Churchill	261 acres	-
85	West Nutgrass	Churchill	257 acres	-
86	Cow Lake	Washoe	240 acres	-
87	Ruby Lake Unit Ten	Elko	235 acres	-
88	Bishop Creek Reservoir	Elko	227 acres	-
89	Bald Mountain Lake	Washoe	219 acres	-
90	SOB Lake	Washoe	215 acres	-
91	Ruby Lake Unit Twenty	Elko	213 acres	-
92	Mud Meadow Reservoir	Humboldt	210 acres	-
93	Nesbitt Lake	Lincoln	204 acres	-
94	Sheep Creek Reservoir	Elko	203 acres	-
95	Carter Reservoir	Washoe	201 acres	-
96	Garden Lake	Washoe	194 acres	-
97	Frenchy Lake	Lincoln	187 acres	-
98	Dacey Reservoir	Nye	186 acres	-
99	Fernley Reservoir Number One	Lyon	181 acres	-
100	Willow Lake	Washoe	181 acres	-

Showing the top 100 of 203 counted lakes. Search above, or browse by county on the Nevada 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.