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This is a list of the most notable [[artificial lakes]] in the [[United States]]. "Notable" is defined as large lakes that are popular and known amongst not only locals, but people around the country.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Victor |first=Taiwo |date=October 9, 2023 |title=The 10 Largest Man-Made Lakes In The United States |url=https://a-z-animals.com/blog/the-10-largest-man-made-lakes-in-the-united-states/ }}</ref>

== List (in order of volume by acre-feet) ==

{| class="wikitable"

!Lake

!'''Counti(es)'''

!Incorporation

!U.S. State

!'''Image'''

!Volume (ac-ft)

|-

|[[Lake Mead]]

|[[Clark County, Nevada|Clark County]], NV

|Sept. 30, 1935

|[[Nevada]]

|[[File:Lake Mead 6 July 2000.jpg|thumb]]

|28,945,000 acre-feet

|-

|[[Lake Powell]]

|[[Kane County, Utah|Kane]], UT, [[San Juan County, Utah|San Juan]], UT, [[Coconino County, Arizona|Coconino]], AZ

|June 22, 1980

|[[Utah]], [[Arizona]]

|[[File:Lake Powell by Sentinel-2.jpg|thumb]]

|26,214,900 acre-feet

|-

|[[Lake Sakakawea]]

|Williams, McKenzie, Mountrail, Dunn, McLean, Mercer, ND

|June 27, 1953

|[[North Dakota]]

|[[File:Lake sakakawea.jpg|thumb]]

|24,307,020 acre-feet

|-

|[[Lake Oahe]]

|Emmons, Burleigh, Morton, Sioux, ND

Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Ziebach, Walworth, Poffer, Sully, Hughes, Stanley, Haakon, SD

|August 3, 1958

|[[North Dakota]], [[South Dakota]]

|[[File:Oahe Dam Flooding 061511.jpg|thumb]]

|23,500,000 acre-feet

|-

|[[Fort Peck Lake]]

|Petroleum, Phillips, Garfield, Valley, McCone, MT

|1947

|[[Montana]]

|[[File:Fort Peck Lake.jpeg|thumb]]

|19,100,000 acre-feet

|-

|[[Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake|Lake Franklin]]

|Stevens, Lincoln, Grant, WA

|1941

|[[Washington (state)|Washington State]]

|[[File:Franklin D Roosevelt Lake from WA-155.jpg|thumb]]

|9,565,000 acre-feet (can grow up to 11 million in the summertime)

|-

|[[Lake Cumberland]]

|Wayne, Russell, Clinton, KY

|1952

|[[Kentucky]]

|[[File:Lake Cumberland 017.jpg|thumb]]

|6,089,000 acre-feet

|-

|[[Lake Koocanusa]]

|Lincoln, MT with parts located in British Columbia, Canada

|1972

|[[Montana]]

|[[File:Lake Koocanusa.jpg|thumb]]

|5,869,000 acre-feet

|-

|[[Shasta Lake|Lake Shasta]]

|Shasta, CA

|1981

|[[California]]

|[[File:Shasta Lake 2.jpg|thumb]]

|4,600,000 acre-feet

|}

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Artificial lakes of the United States]]

[[Category:Lists of lakes of the United States|artificial lakes]]