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Largest Lakes in Texas

Ranked by surface area, from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 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	Toledo Bend Reservoir	Sabine	181,600 acres	110 ft
2	Sam Rayburn Reservoir	San Augustine	114,500 acres	80 ft
3	Lake Livingston	San Jacinto	90,000 acres	77 ft
4	Falcon Reservoir	Zapata	80,555.4 acres	-
5	Amistad Reservoir	Val Verde	64,900 acres	217 ft
6	Lake Texoma	Grayson	59,414.43 acres	-
7	Lake Tawakoni	Hunt	37,879 acres	70 ft
8	Cedar Creek Reservoir	Henderson	32,623 acres	53 ft
9	Lake Lewisville	Denton	29,592 acres	67 ft
10	Texas Industries Lake	Navarro	28,298.26 acres	-
11	Lake Fork	Wood	26,785.73 acres	-
12	Choke Canyon Reservoir	Live Oak	25,670 acres	95 ft
13	Ray Roberts Lake	Denton	25,600 acres	106 ft
14	Lake Palestine	Smith	25,560 acres	58 ft
15	Lake Whitney	Hill	23,500 acres	108 ft
16	Lake Buchanan	Llano	22,211 acres	132 ft
17	Walk Lake	Val Verde	21,864.52 acres	-
18	Corder Lake	Rockwall	21,843.87 acres	-
19	Ray Hubbard Lake	Kaufman	21,671 acres	40 ft
20	Lavon Lake	Collin	21,400 acres	59 ft
21	Lake Conroe	Montgomery	19,796.44 acres	-
22	O. H. Ivie Reservoir	Concho	19,149 acres	119 ft
23	Wright Patman Lake	Bowie	18,994 acres	40 ft
24	Lake Travis	Travis	18,622 acres	190 ft
25	Lake Corpus Christi	Live Oak	18,256 acres	60 ft
26	Lake O' the Pines	Marion	18,152.26 acres	49 ft
27	Bois d'Arc Lake	Floyd	16,641 acres	70 ft
28	Lake Meredith	Moore	16,411 acres	127 ft
29	Lake Kemp	Baylor	15,590 acres	53 ft
30	Possum Kingdom Lake	Palo Pinto	15,588 acres	145 ft
31	Caddo Lake	Marion	15,049.71 acres	-
32	Lake Arrowhead	Clay	14,969 acres	45 ft
33	Hubbard Creek Reservoir	Stephens	14,922 acres	60 ft
34	Lake Corsicana	Navarro	14,337.8 acres	-
35	Lake Limestone	Limestone	12,553 acres	43 ft
36	Belton Lake	Bell	12,385 acres	124 ft
37	Lake Bridgeport	Wise	11,954 acres	85 ft
38	Lake Houston	Harris	11,854 acres	45 ft
39	Somerville Lake	Burleson	11,456 acres	38 ft
40	Red Bluff Reservoir	Loving	11,193 acres	77 ft
41	Lake Texana	Jackson	9,727 acres	58 ft
42	Twin Buttes Reservoir	Tom Green	9,080 acres	46 ft
43	Eagle Mountain Lake	Tarrant	8,738 acres	47 ft
44	Waco Lake	McLennan	8,465 acres	90 ft
45	Lake Granbury	Hood	8,310 acres	75 ft
46	Canyon Lake	Comal	8,308 acres	125 ft
47	Lake J B Thomas	Borden	7,282 acres	61 ft
48	Cooling Water Reservoir	Matagorda	6,958.49 acres	-
49	Grapevine Lake	Denton	6,684 acres	65 ft
50	Lake Brownwood	Brown	6,490 acres	95 ft
51	Joe Pool Lake	Dallas	6,469 acres	75 ft
52	Stillhouse Hollow Lake	Bell	6,429 acres	107 ft
53	Green Lake	Calhoun	6,050.13 acres	-
54	Lake Kickapoo	Archer	6,028 acres	48 ft
55	Lake LBJ	Burnet	5,940.91 acres	-
56	Pat Mayse Lake	Lamar	5,940 acres	55 ft
57	O C Fisher Lake	Tom Green	5,440 acres	58 ft
58	Medina Lake	Medina	5,426 acres	152 ft
59	Martin Creek Lake	Rusk	5,413.34 acres	-
60	Lake Stamford	Haskell	5,124 acres	36 ft
61	Navarro Mills Lake	Navarro	5,070 acres	49 ft
62	Lake Anahuac	Chambers	5,059.48 acres	-
63	Cedar Lake	Gaines	4,820.04 acres	-
64	Proctor Lake	Comanche	4,537 acres	34 ft
65	Granger Lake	Williamson	4,400 acres	50 ft
66	Lake Fort Phantom Hill	Jones	4,213 acres	66 ft
67	Benbrook Lake	Tarrant	3,635 acres	70 ft
68	Calaveras Lake	Bexar	3,624 acres	45 ft
69	Laguna Atascosa	Cameron	3,530.39 acres	-
70	Lake Worth	Tarrant	3,489 acres	22 ft
71	Lake Cypress Springs	Franklin	3,461 acres	56 ft
72	Lake Murvaul	Panola	3,397 acres	36 ft
73	Lake Cherokee	Rusk	3,360.63 acres	-
74	Lake Diversion	Baylor	3,293.67 acres	-
75	Comanche Creek Reservoir	Pecos	3,272 acres	125 ft
76	Bardwell Lake	Ellis	3,138 acres	43 ft
77	Aquilla Lake	Hill	3,020 acres	59 ft
78	Lake Alan Henry	Garza	2,880 acres	100 ft
79	Moses Lake	Galveston	2,747.81 acres	-
80	Coleto Creek Reservoir	Goliad	2,700.86 acres	-
81	Dutton Lake	Chambers	2,602.33 acres	-
82	Lake Eddleman	Young	2,457.71 acres	-
83	Graham Lake	Taylor	2,444 acres	45 ft
84	Mountain Creek Lake	Dallas	2,442.39 acres	-
85	Fayette County Reservoir	Fayette	2,402.11 acres	-
86	Natural Dam Lake	Howard	2,377.65 acres	-
87	Oak Creek Reservoir	Coke	2,375 acres	51 ft
88	Smithers Lake	Fort Bend	2,350.96 acres	-
89	Cedar Lakes	Brazoria	2,315.38 acres	-
90	Eagle Nest Lake	Brazoria	2,259.28 acres	-
91	La Sal Vieja	Willacy	2,231.61 acres	-
92	Lake Tyler	Smith	2,224 acres	40 ft
93	Lake Nacogdoches	Nacogdoches	2,212 acres	40 ft
94	Millers Creek Reservoir	Baylor	2,212 acres	46 ft
95	Gibbons Creek Reservoir	Grimes	2,191.58 acres	-
96	Fairfield Lake	Freestone	2,180.7 acres	-
97	Palo Pinto Creek Reservoir	Palo Pinto	2,024.29 acres	-
98	Tradinghouse Creek Reservoir	McLennan	2,010 acres	42 ft
99	Monticello Reservoir	Titus	2,001 acres	40 ft
100	Lake Coleman	Coleman	2,000 acres	48 ft

Showing the top 100 of 1,641 counted lakes. Search above, or browse by county on the Texas page, for the full inventory.

Source: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department lake data. Verified October 30, 2026. New lakes are added as their records are verified - rankings update with every addition.