List of lakes of Washington
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This is a list of natural lakes and reservoirs located fully or partially in the U.S. state of Washington. Natural lakes that have been altered with a dam, such as Lake Chelan, are included as lakes, not reservoirs. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
Natural lakes
Currently included in this table are all natural and enhanced lakes with a surface area of more than 1,000 acres or a volume of more than 25,000 acre feet as well as smaller lakes (down to 100 acres) with a Wikipedia page.
Reservoirs
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† denotes that body of water crosses state border |
‡ denotes that body of water crosses international border |
See also
- List of dams in the Columbia River watershed
- List of dams and reservoirs in the United States#Washington
Notes
- ↑ Enhanced with a dam in 1927.
- ↑ Excluding Lake Union and connected waters.
- ↑ Largest unaltered lake in Washington State
- ↑ Enhanced with dams in the early 1900s, 1928 and 1941 for irrigation purposes.
- ↑ The Zosel Dam, when built in 1927, unintentionally influenced and now regulates Osoyoos Lake levels.
- ↑ Most voluminous unaltered lake in Washington State
- ↑ Enhanced with dams in 1937.
- ↑ Enhanced with a dam in 1933 for irrigation purposes. Active capacity is 437,000 acre feet.
- ↑ Enhanced with a dam in 1912 for irrigation purposes. Active capacity is 239,000 acre feet.
- ↑ Saline lake.
- ↑ Enhanced with a dam in 1917 for irrigation purposes. Active capacity is 158,000 acre feet.
- ↑ The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens relocated the lake 300 feet higher. A drainage tunnel was built to prevent a catastrophic breach of the new natural dam.
- ↑ Natural lake that was diked in 1911. With islands the surface area is about 2,800 acres.
- ↑ Natural lake, but dammed to prevent flooding.
- ↑ Largest natural lake in South East Washington.
- ↑ North and South Twin Lakes combined. Used as a reservoir for irrigation purposes since 1930.
- ↑ Before it was expanded with the Masonry Dam in 1911, this lake was known as "Cedar Lake".
- ↑ Surface area and volume exclude the 150 acre Portage Bay as well as the Fremont Cut and Salmon Bay.
- ↑ Natural reservoir
- ↑ Tidal flats and estuary dammed in 1951. Reduced from an original 320 acres surface area by sedimentation.
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 Bortleson, G.C., Dion, N.P., McConnell, J.B., and Nelson, L.M. Reconnaissance data on lakes in Washington, State of Washington, Department of Ecology Water-Supply Bulletin, No. 43, v. 1-7, 1976
- ↑ Morphometry of Lake Chelan at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35 3.36 3.37 Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29 4.30 4.31 4.32 4.33 4.34 Bahls, Kindberg, Wait & Glasgow An assessment of error in state shoreline designation for lakes of Washington, 2006
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 5.25 5.26 Lakes in Washington at lakelubbers.com
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 6.26 6.27 6.28 6.29 6.30 6.31 6.32 6.33 6.34 6.35 6.36 6.37 6.38 6.39 6.40 6.41 6.42 6.43 6.44 Lakes in Washington at Northwest Fishing Report
- ↑ Osoyoos Lake Archived 2015-07-23 at the Wayback Machine at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website
- ↑ Ron Judd, Our deep lakes incite curiosity and conjure legends, Seattle Times, August 8, 2014
- ↑ Cle Elum Dam at the Bureau of Reclamation website.
- ↑ Keechelus Dam at the Bureau of Reclamation website.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Lucas and Weinheimer, Recovery of Fish Populations in Lakes Affected by the May 18, 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens, Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
- ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 12.14 Conflicting surface area data resolved with area calculator
- ↑ Palmer Lake Archived 2015-07-23 at the Wayback Machine at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website
- ↑ Number represents usable storage (between 515 and 543 ft elevation); dead storage (and therefore volume) between 455 and 515 feet is unknown.
- ↑ Wells & Wells, Water Quality and Fish-bioenergetics Model of Chester Morse Lake and the Cedar River, 2012
- ↑ Lenore Lake Archived 2008-09-08 at the Wayback Machine at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website
- ↑ Owhi Lake at the Washington State University "Lakes of the Colville Reservation" website
- ↑ Curlew Lake Archived 2010-07-30 at the Wayback Machine at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website
- ↑ Mason Lake at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website
- ↑ Lake Samish Archived 2015-07-23 at the Wayback Machine at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website
- ↑ Summit Lake at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website
- ↑ "Summary Report Liberty Lake". nationalmap.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ↑ "Liberty Lake Washington". iwac.us. Idaho Washington Aquifer Collaborative. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ↑ Lake Union at kingcounty.gov
- ↑ Packwood Lake Drawdown Study Report, 2007 (Table 4.1)
- ↑ Lake Sutherland Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website
- ↑ Walupt Lake at the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website.
- ↑ Long Lake Archived 2015-07-23 at the Wayback Machine at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website
- ↑ Nahwatzel Lake Archived 2015-06-11 at the Wayback Machine at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website
- ↑ Dorothy Lake at the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website.
- ↑ "Conconully Lake". wdfw.wa.gov. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ↑ "Lake Sawyer: King County, Washington". Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Chopaka Lake at the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website.
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 Deepest alpine lakes in Washington at nwhikers.net
- ↑ North Cascades National Park (N.P.), Mountain Lakes Fishery Management Plan, 2008 (p. 151)
- ↑ Blanca Lake at the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website.
- ↑ Snow Lake at the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website.
- ↑ Snoqualmie Lake at the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website.
- ↑ Berdeen Lake at the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website.
- ↑ http://www.watrailblazers.org/issues/tb_eis_response_appendixB.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ↑ "Horseshoe Lake (Kitsap County)". wdfw.wa.gov. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ↑ "Battle Ground Lake". Fishing and Shellfishing: Lowland Lakes. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Archived from the original on January 18, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ↑ "Geography and Community". Retrieved 2014-04-10.
- ↑ "Franklin D Roosevelt Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1992-12-31. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
- ↑ "Grand Coulee Dam Statistics and Facts" (PDF). USBR. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 46.3 46.4 46.5 46.6 "Reservoirs in the United States" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. 1966. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
- ↑ "Lake Umatilla". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1979-09-10. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
- ↑ "Riffe Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1990-07-01. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
- ↑ "Cowlitz River Basin" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
- ↑ "Alder Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1979-09-10. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
- ↑ "Ross Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1979-09-10. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
- ↑ "Lake Wallula". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1979-09-10. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
- ↑ "Banks Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1979-09-10. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
- ↑ "The Story of the Columbia Basin Project". National Park Service. 2008-02-01. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
- ↑ "Warmwater Fishing Opportunitues in Central Washington 2014-15" (PDF). Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
- ↑ "Banks Lake Fish Survey, September 2000" (PDF). Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. July 2004. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
- ↑ "Swift Reservoir". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1979-09-10. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Swift Reservoir". Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Wanapum Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1979-09-10. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
- ↑ "Assessing Native and Introduced Fish Predation on Migrating Juvenile Salmon" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
- ↑ "Rufus Woods Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1992-12-31. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
- ↑ "Sediment Quality Assessment of Lake Rufus Woods and Chief Joseph Dam, 2004" (PDF). US Army Corps of Engineers. June 2009. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
- ↑ "Lake Herbert G. West". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1992-12-31. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
- ↑ "Lower Monumental Lock and Dam". US Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
- ↑ "Merwin Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1979-09-10. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Merwin Lake -- Clark County: 1995". State of Washington Department of Ecology. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Lake Merwin". Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Yale Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1979-09-10. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Banks Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1979-09-10. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
- ↑ "O'Sullivan Dam Details". USBR. 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
- ↑ "Columbia Basin Project Details". USBR. 2013-12-04. Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
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