Lakes / West Virginia / Largest Lakes in West Virginia

Largest Lakes in West Virginia

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	Summersville Lake	Nicholas	2,834 acres	-
2	Tygart Lake	Taylor	1,873 acres	-
3	Sutton Lake	Braxton	1,636 acres	-
4	Cheat Lake	Monongalia	1,359 acres	-
5	East Lynn Lake	Wayne	1,154 acres	-
6	Mount Storm Lake	Grant	1,129 acres	-
7	Bluestone Lake	Summers	1,124 acres	-
8	Burnsville Lake	Braxton	826 acres	-
9	Jennings Randolph Lake	Mineral	826 acres	-
10	Beech Fork Lake	Wayne	727 acres	-
11	Stonecoal Reservoir	Lewis	601 acres	-
12	R. D. Bailey Lake	Wyoming	551 acres	-
13	Flat Top Lake	Raleigh	212 acres	-
14	Sleepy Creek Lake	Berkeley	205 acres	-
15	Plum Orchard Lake	Fayette	174 acres	-
16	Lake Sherwood	Greenbrier	166 acres	-
17	Hulls Lake	Preston	148 acres	-
18	Moncove Lake	Monroe	91 acres	-
19	Glade Creek Reservoir	Raleigh	88 acres	-
20	Lake O' Woods	Preston	78 acres	-
21	Doctor Daniel Hale Lake	Mercer	57 acres	-
22	Buffalo Creek Reservoir	Harrison	52 acres	-
23	Ferndale Farms Recreation Lake	Hampshire	46 acres	-
24	Warden Lake	Hampshire	43 acres	-
25	Elk Run Reservoir	Grant	40 acres	-
26	Rollins Lake	Jackson	39 acres	-
27	Summit Lake	Greenbrier	38 acres	-
28	Teter Creek Lake	Barbour	35 acres	-
29	Big Bear Lake	Preston	31 acres	-
30	Lake Floyd	Harrison	30 acres	-
31	Rock Lake	Marion	29 acres	-
32	Terra Alta Lake	Preston	29 acres	-
33	Crystal Lake	Doddridge	26 acres	-
34	Spruce Knob Lake	Randolph	26 acres	-
35	Waste Water Retention Pond	Kanawha	26 acres	-

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.