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Largest Lakes in South Carolina

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 Marion	Clarendon	80,044 acres	-
2	Lake Moultrie	Berkeley	56,828 acres	-
3	Lake Murray	Lexington	48,761 acres	-
4	Hartwell Lake	Oconee	18,037 acres	-
5	Lake Keowee	Oconee	16,883 acres	-
6	Wateree Lake	Kershaw	11,756 acres	-
7	Lake Greenwood	Laurens	10,363 acres	-
8	Lake Jocassee	Oconee	7,703 acres	-
9	Monticello Reservoir	Fairfield	6,659 acres	-
10	Parr Shoals Reservoir	Newberry	3,114 acres	-
11	Fishing Creek Reservoir	Lancaster	2,164 acres	-
12	Lake Robinson	Chesterfield	2,099 acres	-
13	Lake William C Bowen	Spartanburg	1,463 acres	-
14	Secession Lake	Abbeville	1,332 acres	-
15	North Saluda Reservoir	Greenville	1,037 acres	-
16	Cedar Creek Reservoir	Lancaster	662 acres	-
17	Goose Creek Reservoir	Berkeley	573 acres	-
18	Table Rock Reservoir	Pickens	450 acres	-
19	Lyman Lake	Spartanburg	398 acres	-
20	Lake Cooley	Spartanburg	335 acres	-
21	Broadway Lake	Anderson	310 acres	-
22	Saluda Lake	Greenville	303 acres	-
23	Langley Pond	Aiken	302 acres	-
24	Mosquito Creek	Georgetown	293 acres	-
25	Lake Wallace	Marlboro	273 acres	-
26	South Pacolet River Reservoir Number One	Spartanburg	269 acres	-
27	Dingle Pond	Clarendon	243 acres	-
28	Toney Bay	Orangeburg	240 acres	-
29	Lake George Warren	Hampton	224 acres	-
30	Great Falls Reservoir	Chester	213 acres	-
31	Pond B	Barnwell	203 acres	-
32	Eureka Lake	Chesterfield	201 acres	-
33	Boyd Millpond	Laurens	193 acres	-
34	Prestwood Lake	Darlington	193 acres	-
35	Lake Whelchel	Cherokee	178 acres	-
36	Lake Cunningham	Greenville	172 acres	-
37	Forest Lake	Florence	169 acres	-
38	Lake Katherine	Richland	162 acres	-
39	Edisto Lake	Aiken	156 acres	-
40	Lake Wallace	Marlboro	155 acres	-
41	Etheredge Millpond	Orangeburg	148 acres	-
42	Murray Pond	Richland	148 acres	-
43	Lake Edwin Johnson	Spartanburg	147 acres	-
44	Lake Cherokee	Oconee	146 acres	-
45	Tutens Millpond	Allendale	140 acres	-
46	Craigs Pond	Barnwell	134 acres	-
47	Lowthers Lake	Darlington	132 acres	-
48	Upper Reserve	Berkeley	128 acres	-
49	Forest Lake	Richland	127 acres	-
50	Chester State Park Lake	Chester	119 acres	-
51	Lake Marion	Sumter	117 acres	-
52	Wittee Lake	Williamsburg	115 acres	-
53	Anderson Reservoir	Anderson	110 acres	-
54	Chester Reservoir	Chester	110 acres	-
55	Boykin Mill Pond	Kershaw	108 acres	-
56	Issaqueena Lake	Pickens	106 acres	-
57	Teal Millpond	Chesterfield	106 acres	-
58	Boyle Pond	Sumter	105 acres	-
59	Thicketty Creek WCD Lake Number 26	Cherokee	104 acres	-
60	Lake Columbia	Richland	103 acres	-
61	Reynolds Pond	Aiken	103 acres	-
62	Raley Millpond	Kershaw	101 acres	-
63	Rice Hope Lake	Berkeley	101 acres	-
64	Andersons Millpond	Marlboro	99 acres	-
65	Burnt Factory Pond	Marlboro	95 acres	-
66	Edgar A Brown Lake	Barnwell	94 acres	-
67	Leggett Mill Pond	Marion	94 acres	-
68	Big Creek Watershed One Reservoir	Anderson	90 acres	-
69	Graniteville Pond Two	Aiken	86 acres	-
70	Lake Lanier	Greenville	85 acres	-
71	Oakdale Lake	Florence	85 acres	-
72	Twelve Mile River Watershed Six Reservoir	Pickens	85 acres	-
73	Colonial Lake	Kershaw	84 acres	-
74	White Oak Slash Lake	Sumter	84 acres	-
75	Second Millpond	Sumter	83 acres	-
76	Berry Shoals Pond	Spartanburg	73 acres	-
77	Lake Leroy	Oconee	70 acres	-
78	SCE and G Ash Pond	Dorchester	70 acres	-
79	F Coopers Pond	Richland	68 acres	-
80	Lake Becky	Oconee	68 acres	-
81	Pond Five	Barnwell	68 acres	-
82	Buckfield Pond	Hampton	67 acres	-
83	Lower Reserve	Berkeley	67 acres	-
84	Neeses Lake	Aiken	67 acres	-
85	Rocky Ford Lake	Richland	66 acres	-
86	Silver Lake	Spartanburg	66 acres	-
87	White Pond	Kershaw	66 acres	-
88	Moragne Pond	Lexington	64 acres	-
89	Tucker Lake	Richland	64 acres	-
90	Bates Pond	Berkeley	61 acres	-
91	Coneross Creek Reservoir	Oconee	61 acres	-
92	Mikell Pond	Sumter	61 acres	-
93	Pine Ridge Pond	Georgetown	61 acres	-
94	Drakes Millpond	Marlboro	60 acres	-
95	Mountain Lakes - Upper Lake	Chester	60 acres	-
96	Vaucluse Pond	Aiken	60 acres	-
97	Windsor Lake	Richland	60 acres	-
98	Caldwell Lake	York	59 acres	-
99	Goodwins Millpond	Marlboro	59 acres	-
100	Granger Pond	Horry	59 acres	-

Showing the top 100 of 276 counted lakes. Search above, or browse by county on the South Carolina 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.