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Largest Lakes in North Dakota

Ranked by surface area, from North Dakota Game and Fish 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 Sakakawea	McLean	350,520 acres	180 ft
2	Lake Oahe	Emmons	309,912.6 acres	200 ft
3	Devils Lake	Ramsey	110,763 acres	58.1 ft
4	Stump Lake	Nelson	17,681 acres	77.1 ft
5	Long Lake	Burleigh	16,934 acres	-
6	Lake Audubon	McLean	16,612 acres	59.4 ft
7	Pelican Lake	Ramsey	13,872.4 acres	-
8	Long Lake	Kidder	13,311.7 acres	-
9	Lake Alice	Ramsey	10,837 acres	-
10	Lake Irvine	Ramsey	10,793.4 acres	-
11	Horsehead Lake	Kidder	10,148 acres	21.9 ft
12	Lake Darling	Renville	9,432 acres	28.7 ft
13	Dry Lake	Ramsey	9,405.3 acres	-
14	East Devils Lake	Ramsey	9,137.4 acres	-
15	Alkaline Lake	Kidder	6,306 acres	23.7 ft
16	Dry Lake	McIntosh	5,471 acres	24.1 ft
17	Lake Ashtabula	Barnes	5,178 acres	42.8 ft
18	Chain Lake	Ramsey	4,768.6 acres	-
19	Upper Des Lacs Lake	Burke	4,273.4 acres	-
20	Mikes Lake	Ramsey	4,239.8 acres	-
21	Lake Harriet (Arena Lake)	Burleigh	3,853 acres	12 ft
22	Lake Tschida	Grant	3,334.7 acres	-
23	Swan Lake	Nelson	2,998.8 acres	-
24	McKenna Lake	Logan	2,895.9 acres	-
25	Chase Lake	Stutsman	2,712.5 acres	-
26	Round Lake	Pierce	2,584.9 acres	-
27	White Lake	Mountrail	2,408 acres	-
28	Alkali Lake	Kidder	2,333.9 acres	-
29	Cranberry Lake	Benson	2,304.5 acres	-
30	Hurricane Lake	Pierce	2,230.6 acres	-
31	Jamestown Reservoir	Stutsman	2,054 acres	36.2 ft
32	Morrison Lake	Ramsey	2,013.6 acres	-
33	Long Lake	Rolette	1,952 acres	-
34	Lake George	Kidder	1,947.8 acres	-
35	Bowman-Haley Lake	Bowman	1,925.4 acres	-
36	Island Lake	Rolette	1,886.8 acres	-
37	Lake Metigoshe	Bottineau	1,880 acres	23.3 ft
38	McKenna Lake	Logan	1,778.4 acres	-
39	Twin Lakes	LaMoure	1,736 acres	40.3 ft
40	McHugh Slough	Nelson	1,707.5 acres	-
41	Goose Lake	Emmons	1,704 acres	-
42	Powers Lake	Mountrail	1,699 acres	9.7 ft
43	Arrowwood Lake	Stutsman	1,684 acres	-
44	Mud Lake	Benson	1,680.9 acres	-
45	Grass Lake	Pierce	1,659 acres	-
46	Rush Lake	Pierce	1,608.7 acres	-
47	Sweetwater Lake	Ramsey	1,596.6 acres	-
48	Buffalo Lodge Lake	McHenry	1,595 acres	12.2 ft
49	Rice Lake	Emmons	1,563 acres	31.3 ft
50	Jim Lake	Stutsman	1,521.3 acres	-
51	Girard Lake	Pierce	1,462.4 acres	-
52	Kunkel Lake	Kidder	1,443.7 acres	-
53	Mud Lake	Kidder	1,440.1 acres	-
54	Goose Lake	McIntosh	1,323.8 acres	-
55	Sibley Lake	Kidder	1,305 acres	28 ft
56	Cottonwood Lake	Mountrail	1,250.4 acres	-
57	Goose Lake	Wells	1,227 acres	21.7 ft
58	Horseshoe Lake	Pierce	1,225.1 acres	-
59	Lake Coe	Eddy	1,214 acres	16.5 ft
60	Trautman Slough	Stutsman	1,210 acres	23 ft
61	Smoky Lake	McHenry	1,199.9 acres	-
62	Lake Bertha	Cass	1,153.4 acres	-
63	Hobart Lake	Barnes	1,127.9 acres	-
64	Lake Ibsen	Benson	1,081.6 acres	-
65	Lake Tewaukon	Sargent	1,071 acres	9.5 ft
66	Demicks Lake	McKenzie	1,067.5 acres	-
67	Dill Slough	Sargent	1,065.7 acres	-
68	Lake Addie	Griggs	1,029 acres	36.6 ft
69	Willow Lake	Rolette	1,020.5 acres	-
70	Mud Lake	McIntosh	1,016.6 acres	-
71	Trenton Lake	Williams	1,010 acres	8.1 ft
72	Beaver Lake	Logan	1,005 acres	7.9 ft
73	Lake Ilo	Dunn	1,000 acres	12.8 ft
74	Green Lake	McIntosh	994 acres	10.7 ft
75	Sibley Lake	Griggs	986 acres	15.5 ft
76	Krueger Lake	Sheridan	974.1 acres	-
77	Des Moines Lake	Kidder	959 acres	15.4 ft
78	Turtle Lake	McLean	954.3 acres	-
79	Grass Lake	Richland	936 acres	13.3 ft
80	Helen Lake	Kidder	934 acres	19.9 ft
81	Swan Lake	Richland	918.6 acres	-
82	McPhail Slough	Kidder	895.1 acres	-
83	Antelope Lakes	Pierce	891.8 acres	-
84	Miller Lake	Divide	891.6 acres	-
85	Free Peoples Lake	Benson	891 acres	55.3 ft
86	Spring Lake	Benson	888.1 acres	-
87	Stink Lake	Stutsman	871 acres	22.3 ft
88	Carpenter Lake	Rolette	870 acres	16.5 ft
89	Lake Josephine	Kidder	853 acres	20.6 ft
90	Lake Ardoch	Walsh	842 acres	-
91	Lake Henry	Kidder	839.2 acres	-
92	Pipestem Reservoir	Stutsman	836 acres	27 ft
93	Kislingbury Lake	McIntosh	836 acres	21.3 ft
94	Big Muddy Lake	Kidder	823 acres	-
95	Lake Isabel	Kidder	814 acres	11.8 ft
96	Dutton Slough	Emmons	810.8 acres	-
97	Edward Arthur Patterson Lake	Stark	807.7 acres	-
98	Fox Lake	Barnes	805 acres	19.3 ft
99	Lake Louise	Stutsman	787.6 acres	-
100	Lake Etta	Kidder	782.3 acres	-

Showing the top 100 of 756 counted lakes. Search above, or browse by county on the North Dakota page, for the full inventory.

Source: North Dakota Game and Fish lake data. Verified October 30, 2026. New lakes are added as their records are verified - rankings update with every addition.