List of lakes of Washington
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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See also
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
- 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
- Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website
- Bahls, Kindberg, Wait & Glasgow An assessment of error in state shoreline designation for lakes of Washington, 2006
- Lakes in Washington at lakelubbers.com
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Chopaka Lake at the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website.
- 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
- "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.
- "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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