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The following is a list of the largest 100 lakes of the United States by normal surface area. The top twenty lakes in size are as listed by the National Atlas of the United States, a publication of the United States Department of the Interior. The area given is the normal or average area of the lake. The area of some lakes fluctuates substantially. For those lakes partially in Canada or Mexico the area given for the lake is the total area, not just the part of the lake in the United States. Of the top 100 lakes, 55 are man-made and 45 are natural. Three lakes in the top 100 are primarily salt water.

Rank Name U.S. states/Canadian provinces/Mexican states Area Type Notes
1 Lake Superior MichiganMinnesotaWisconsinOntario 31,700 sq mi 82,103 km2 natural
2 Lake Huron MichiganOntario 23,000 sq mi 59,570 km2 natural
3 Lake Michigan IllinoisIndianaMichiganWisconsin 22,300 sq mi 57,757 km2 natural
4 Lake Erie MichiganNew YorkOhioOntarioPennsylvania 9,910 sq mi 25,667 km2 natural
5 Lake Ontario New YorkOntario 7,340 sq mi 19,011 km2 natural
6 Great Salt Lake Utah 2,117 sq mi 5,483 km2 natural salt
7 Lake of the Woods ManitobaMinnesotaOntario 1,679 sq mi 4,349 km2 natural
8 Iliamna Lake Alaska 1,014 sq mi 2,626 km2 natural
9 Lake Oahe North DakotaSouth Dakota 685 sq mi 1,774 km2 man-made
10 Lake Okeechobee Florida 662 sq mi 1,715 km2 natural
11 Lake Pontchartrain Louisiana 631 sq mi 1,634 km2 natural brackish
12 Lake Sakakawea North Dakota 520 sq mi 1,347 km2 man-made
13 Lake Champlain New YorkVermontQuebec 490 sq mi 1,269 km2 natural
14 Becharof Lake Alaska 453 sq mi 1,173 km2 natural
15 Lake St. Clair MichiganOntario 440 sq mi 1,140 km2 natural
16 Red Lake Minnesota 427 sq mi 1,106 km2 natural
17 Selawik Lake Alaska 404 sq mi 1,046 km2 natural
18 Fort Peck Lake Montana 393 sq mi 1,018 km2 man-made
19 Salton Sea California 347 sq mi 899 km2 man-made salt
20 Rainy Lake MinnesotaOntario 345 sq mi 894 km2 natural
21 Teshekpuk Lake Alaska 320 sq mi 829 km2 natural
22 Devils Lake North Dakota 300 sq mi 777 km2 natural
23 Toledo Bend Reservoir LouisianaTexas 284 sq mi 736 km2 man-made
24 Lake Powell ArizonaUtah 251 sq mi 650 km2 man-made
25 Kentucky Lake KentuckyTennessee 250 sq mi 647 km2 man-made
26 Lake Mead ArizonaNevada 247 sq mi 640 km2 man-made
27 Naknek Lake Alaska 242 sq mi 627 km2 natural
28 Lake Winnebago Wisconsin 215 sq mi 557 km2 natural
29 Mille Lacs Lake Minnesota 207 sq mi 536 km2 natural
30 Flathead Lake Montana 192 sq mi 497 km2 natural
31 Lake Tahoe CaliforniaNevada 191 sq mi 495 km2 natural
32 Pyramid Lake Nevada 183 sq mi 474 km2 natural
33 Sam Rayburn Reservoir Texas 179 sq mi 464 km2 man-made
34 Eufaula Lake Oklahoma 169 sq mi 438 km2 man-made
35 Lake Marion South Carolina 165 sq mi 427 km2 man-made
36 Leech Lake Minnesota 161 sq mi 417 km2 natural
37 Utah Lake Utah 151 sq mi 391 km2 natural
38 Lake Francis Case South Dakota 149 sq mi 386 km2 man-made
39 Lake Pend Oreille Idaho 148 sq mi 383 km2 natural
40 Lake Texoma OklahomaTexas 139 sq mi 360 km2 man-made
41 Yellowstone Lake Wyoming 136 sq mi 352 km2 natural
42 Falcon Lake TamaulipasTexas 131 sq mi 339 km2 man-made
43 Lake Livingston Texas 130 sq mi 337 km2 man-made
44 Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake Washington 128 sq mi 332 km2 man-made
45 Lake Clark Alaska 120 sq mi 311 km2 natural
46 Moosehead Lake Maine 117 sq mi 303 km2 natural
47 Lake Strom Thurmond GeorgiaSouth Carolina 111 sq mi 287 km2 man-made
48 Bear Lake IdahoUtah 109 sq mi 282 km2 natural
49 Lake Guntersville Alabama 108 sq mi 280 km2 man-made
50 Lake St. Francis New YorkOntarioQuebec 105 sq mi 272 km2 man-made
51 Wheeler Lake Alabama 105 sq mi 272 km2 man-made
52 Amistad Lake CoahuilaTexas 102 sq mi 264 km2 man-made
53 Klamath Lake Oregon 96 sq mi 249 km2 natural
54 Lake Moultrie South Carolina 94 sq mi 243 km2 man-made
55 Lake Winnibigoshish Minnesota 91 sq mi 236 km2 natural
56 Lake Barkley KentuckyTennessee 91 sq mi 236 km2 man-made
57 Lake Sharpe South Dakota 89 sq mi 231 km2 man-made
58 American Falls Reservoir Idaho 88 sq mi 228 km2 man-made
59 Lake Hartwell GeorgiaSouth Carolina 87 sq mi 225 km2 man-made
60 Truman Reservoir Missouri 87 sq mi 225 km2 man-made
61 Lake of the Ozarks Missouri 86 sq mi 223 km2 man-made
62 Oneida Lake New York 80 sq mi 207 km2 natural
63 Lake Cumberland Kentucky 79 sq mi 205 km2 man-made
64 Kerr Lake North CarolinaVirginia 78 sq mi 202 km2 man-made
65 Calcasieu Lake Louisiana 77 sq mi 199 km2 natural
66 Lake Murray South Carolina 75 sq mi 194 km2 man-made
67 Grand Lake o' the Cherokees Oklahoma 73 sq mi 189 km2 man-made
68 Lake Koocanusa British ColumbiaMontana 73 sq mi 189 km2 man-made
69 Lake Winnipesaukee New Hampshire 71 sq mi 184 km2 natural
70 Bull Shoals Lake ArkansasMissouri 71 sq mi 184 km2 man-made
71 Walter F. George Lake AlabamaGeorgia 71 sq mi 184 km2 man-made
72 Lake Martin Alabama 69 sq mi 179 km2 man-made
73 Clear Lake California 68 sq mi 176 km2 natural
74 Robert S. Kerr Lake Oklahoma 68 sq mi 176 km2 man-made
75 Seneca Lake New York 68 sq mi 176 km2 natural
76 Pickwick Lake AlabamaMississippiTennessee 67 sq mi 174 km2 man-made
77 Table Rock Lake ArkansasMissouri 67 sq mi 174 km2 man-made
78 Cayuga Lake New York 67 sq mi 174 km2 natural
79 Flaming Gorge Reservoir UtahWyoming 66 sq mi 171 km2 man-made
80 Richland-Chambers Reservoir Texas 64 sq mi 166 km2 man-made
81 Lake Vermilion Minnesota 63 sq mi 163 km2 natural
82 Lake Ouachita Arkansas 63 sq mi 163 km2 man-made
83 Lake Mattamuskeet North Carolina 63 sq mi 163 km2 natural
84 Watts Bar Lake Tennessee 61 sq mi 158 km2 man-made
84 Lake Wallula OregonWashington 61 sq mi 158 km2 man-made
86 Lake Lanier Georgia 59 sq mi 153 km2 man-made
87 Lake George Florida 72 sq mi 186 km2 natural brackish
88 Lake Tawakoni Texas 57 sq mi 148 km2 man-made
89 Elephant Butte Lake New Mexico 57 sq mi 148 km2 man-made
90 Chickamauga Lake Tennessee 57 sq mi 148 km2 man-made
91 Grenada Lake Mississippi 55 sq mi 142 km2 man-made
92 Lake Kissimmee Florida 55 sq mi 142 km2 natural
93 Lake Dardanelle Arkansas 54 sq mi 140 km2 man-made
94 Norris Lake Tennessee 53 sq mi 137 km2 man-made
95 Canyon Ferry Lake Montana 53 sq mi 137 km2 man-made
96 Lake Chelan Washington 52 sq mi 135 km2 natural
97 Cedar Creek Lake Texas 51 sq mi 132 km2 man-made
98 Lake Norman North Carolina 51 sq mi 132 km2 man-made
99 Sardis Lake Mississippi 51 sq mi 132 km2 man-made
100 Walker Lake (Nevada) Nevada 50 sq mi 129 km2 natural 56 sq mi 145 km2 natural
42 sq mi 109 km2 natural

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