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Largest Lakes in New Mexico

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	Navajo Reservoir	San Juan	15,363.3 acres	-
2	Elephant Butte Reservoir	Sierra	10,908.51 acres	-
3	Ute Reservoir	Quay	5,446.35 acres	-
4	Caballo Reservoir	Sierra	4,617.43 acres	-
5	Heron Reservoir	Rio Arriba	4,497.07 acres	-
6	Laguna del Perro	Torrance	4,476.81 acres	-
7	Conchas Lake	San Miguel	3,412.74 acres	-
8	Lake Lucero	Doña Ana	3,325.54 acres	-
9	Abiquiu Reservoir	Rio Arriba	3,257.91 acres	-
10	El Vado Reservoir	Rio Arriba	3,108.34 acres	-
11	Salt Lake	Roosevelt	2,303.27 acres	-
12	Playas Lake	Hidalgo	2,275.84 acres	-
13	Salt Lake	Eddy	1,900.53 acres	-
14	Eagle Nest Lake	Colfax	1,817.29 acres	-
15	Cochiti Lake	Sandoval	1,302.83 acres	-
16	Lake Sumner	De Baca	1,261.58 acres	-
17	Morgan Lake	San Juan	1,257.32 acres	-
18	Laguna Plata	Lea	1,079.16 acres	-
19	Jemez Canyon Reservoir	Sandoval	1,056.87 acres	-
20	Salina Lake	Torrance	1,017.58 acres	-
21	Lake Isabel	San Miguel	816.28 acres	-
22	Stinking Lake	Rio Arriba	751.82 acres	-
23	Big Salt Lake	Sierra	743.54 acres	-
24	Bluewater Lake	Cibola	617.02 acres	-
25	Red Lake	Chaves	541.92 acres	-
26	Storrie Lake	San Miguel	502.16 acres	-
27	Stone Lake	Rio Arriba	470.49 acres	-
28	Red Lake	McKinley	462.15 acres	-
29	Number Two Lake	Colfax	447.41 acres	-
30	Laguna La Monia	San Miguel	445.78 acres	-
31	Red Lake	Mora	405.23 acres	-
32	Lane Salt Lake	Lea	393.14 acres	-
33	Laguna Gatuna	Lea	391.73 acres	-
34	Red Lake	De Baca	390.66 acres	-
35	Little Salt Lake	Roosevelt	381.53 acres	-
36	Stubblefield Reservoir	Colfax	367.69 acres	-
37	Tucumcari Lake	Quay	358.06 acres	-
38	Adobe Lake	Chaves	342.24 acres	-
39	North Lake	Socorro	342.24 acres	-
40	Lewiston Lake	Roosevelt	340.76 acres	-
41	Juans Lake	San Juan	338.78 acres	-
42	Costilla Reservoir	Taos	332.78 acres	-
43	Laguna Grande	McKinley	330.38 acres	-
44	Springer Lake	Colfax	329.39 acres	-
45	Cherry Valley Lake	Mora	306 acres	-
46	Laguna Tierra Amatosa	Harding	291.09 acres	-
47	Little Red Lake	Chaves	270.58 acres	-
48	Nutria Reservoir Number 2	McKinley	258.72 acres	-
49	Berry Lake	Colfax	249.33 acres	-
50	Charette Lake	Mora	241.42 acres	-
51	Silman Lake	Chaves	232.03 acres	-
52	Samples Lake	Chaves	229.31 acres	-
53	Black Rock Reservoir	McKinley	228.57 acres	-
54	Willow Lake	Eddy	223.38 acres	-
55	Lake David	San Miguel	223.14 acres	-
56	Beeline Reservoir	San Juan	211.31 acres	-
57	Capulin Lake	Colfax	210.53 acres	-
58	Salt Lake	Chaves	209.3 acres	-
59	Lowry Lake	Union	206.83 acres	-
60	Miami Lake	Colfax	204.36 acres	-
61	Curlew Lake	Chaves	201.64 acres	-
62	Laguna Tonto	Lea	195.21 acres	-
63	Buffalo Lake	Chaves	195.16 acres	-
64	Horse Lake	Rio Arriba	192.74 acres	-
65	Tamarisk Flat	Eddy	180.09 acres	-
66	Salt Lake	Mora	178.41 acres	-
67	Number Thirteen Lake	Colfax	171.19 acres	-
68	Urton Lake	De Baca	166.25 acres	-
69	The Lake	Luna	161.85 acres	-
70	Zuñi Salt Lake	Catron	155.68 acres	-
71	Ranger Lake	Lea	154.69 acres	-
72	Number 3 Lake	Colfax	154.19 acres	-
73	Nakee Ishee Lake	Chaves	152.22 acres	-
74	Long Lake	San Juan	149.75 acres	-
75	Bitter Lake	Chaves	148.76 acres	-
76	Clayton Lake	Union	148.02 acres	-
77	Church Lake	Harding	145.3 acres	-
78	Ramah Reservoir	McKinley	144.31 acres	-
79	Nutria Reservoir Number 3	McKinley	143.57 acres	-
80	Whiskey Lake	McKinley	135.66 acres	-
81	Cheap John Lake	Catron	133.19 acres	-
82	Tocito Lake	San Juan	131.95 acres	-
83	Antelope Spring Lake	Union	130.72 acres	-
84	Flat Lake	Eddy	129.48 acres	-
85	Sardine Lake	Chaves	129.24 acres	-
86	South Home Lake	Chaves	127.75 acres	-
87	Lake Maloya	Colfax	121.08 acres	-
88	Big Lake	Colfax	120.34 acres	-
89	Casamero Lake	McKinley	119.1 acres	-
90	Buffalo Lake	Curry	118.86 acres	-
91	Lake Tank	Doña Ana	118.8 acres	-
92	Lindsey Lake	Eddy	118.61 acres	-
93	King Lake	Colfax	118.12 acres	-
94	Laguna Madre	Colfax	117.39 acres	-
95	Salt Lake	Chaves	114.41 acres	-
96	Quemado Lake	Catron	112.19 acres	-
97	Hudson Lake	Quay	111.69 acres	-
98	Black Lake	San Juan	111.2 acres	-
99	Throttle Reservoir	Colfax	111.2 acres	-
100	Mescalero Lake	Otero	105.39 acres	-

Showing the top 100 of 309 counted lakes. Search above, or browse by county on the New Mexico 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.