List of lakes of Ohio

The following is a list of lakes in Ohio. According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, there are approximately 50,000 lakes and small ponds, with a total surface area of 200,000 acres, and among these there are 2,200 lakes of 5 acres (2.0 ha) or greater with a total surface area of 134,000 acres.[1] Of the lakes that are greater than 5 acres, 446 are public lakes with a total surface area of 119,000 acres. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency estimated (from an electronic file generated from 1:100,000 scale maps) that Ohio has 5,130 lakes totaling 188,461 acres (76,267 ha). The difference in the number of lakes estimated by USEPA and ODNR is likely related to numerous small ponds (high number, small acreage) not detected on the 1:100,000 scale maps.[2]

The second table below lists all of Ohio's 110 natural lakes of 5 acres or greater. The third table lists Ohio's 113 largest artificial lakes, which are 100 acres or greater. Ohio's artificial lakes outnumber its natural lakes by about 20 to 1, and they cover about 30 times more total surface area.

Great Lakes

One of the five Great Lakes is partially within Ohio.

Name
 GNIS ID #
and link
 Coordinates
 Surface area
 Counties
Lake Erie 1075813 41°52′35″N 80°53′34″W / 41.87639°N 80.89278°W / 41.87639; -80.89278 (Lake Erie) 9,910 sq mi (25,700 km2) Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake
Lorain, Lucas, Ottawa

Natural inland lakes

There are 110 natural inland lakes in Ohio with a surface area of 5 acres (2.0 ha) or larger.[3]

Name
 GNIS ID #
and link
 Surface area
 Township
 County
Alder Pond 15 acres (6.1 ha) Tallmadge Summit
Aurora Pond 345 acres (140 ha) Aurora Portage
Baker Lake 1037586 8 acres (3.2 ha) Goshen Champaign
Bass Lake 1060847 128 acres (52 ha) Munson Geauga
Bath Pond 1037677 13 acres (5.3 ha) Bath Summit
Big Lake 1060872 15 acres (6.1 ha) Milford Defiance
Black Lake 1038077 27 acres (11 ha) Miami Logan
Black Pond 7 acres (2.8 ha) Copley Summit
Braden Lake 14 acres (5.7 ha) Union Logan
Brady Lake 1038256 70 acres (28 ha) Franklin Portage
Breed Loves Pond 7 acres (2.8 ha) Salem Champaign
Brown Lake 1060898 6 acres (2.4 ha) Clinton Wayne
Brush Lake 1038417 15 acres (6.1 ha) Rush Champaign
Camden Reservoir 9 acres (3.6 ha) Camden Lorain
Chippewa Lake 324 acres (131 ha) Westfield Medina
Collins Pond 6 acres (2.4 ha) Ravenna Portage
Congress Lake 1070720 200 acres (81 ha) Lake Stark
Crystal Lake 1039516 20 acres (8.1 ha) Bethel Clark
Crystal Lake 1039517 25 acres (10 ha) Rootstown Portage
Crystal Lake 1039518 25 acres (10 ha) Silver Lake Summit
Davenport Pond 1039589 10 acres (4.0 ha) Pickaway Pickaway
Dohner Lake 1070733 17 acres (6.9 ha) Chippewa Wayne
Doke Lake 6 acres (2.4 ha) Union Logan
East Twin Lake 1058271 67 acres (27 ha) Franklin Portage
Ensley-Genert Pond 6 acres (2.4 ha) Bloom Seneca
Ferry Lake 8 acres (3.2 ha) Franklin Portage
Fishel Lake 19 acres (7.7 ha) Valley Guernsey
Fox Lake 40 acres (16 ha) Baughman Wayne
Fudger Lake 1040716 6 acres (2.4 ha) Goshen Champaign
Geauga Lake 1040805 50 acres (20 ha) Bainbridge Geauga
Grape Lake 1041056 14 acres (5.7 ha) Coventry Summit
Haddix Lake 7 acres (2.8 ha) Pleasant Clark
Hitler Pond 1041627 6 acres (2.4 ha) Pickaway Pickaway
Kiwanis Lake 1042310 8 acres (3.2 ha) Newbury Geauga
Ladd Lake 1042365 10 acres (4.0 ha) Milford Defiance
Lake Anna 1037431 12 acres (4.9 ha) Barberton Summit
Lake Aquilla 1060826 27 acres (11 ha) Claridon Geauga
Lake George 1040821 12 acres (4.9 ha) Franklin Portage
Lake Hodgson 1043717 190 acres (77 ha) Ravenna Portage
Lake Kelso 1061137 26 acres (11 ha) Burton Geauga
Lake Nesmith 1061168 80 acres (32 ha) Coventry Summit
Lake O'Pine 1044017 16 acres (6.5 ha) Lake Stark
Lake Pippen 1058265 143 acres (58 ha) Franklin Portage
Lemon Lake 1066066 5 acres (2.0 ha) Union Logan
Little Fox Lake 7 acres (2.8 ha) Baughman Wayne
Little Lake 1042670 10 acres (4.0 ha) Milford Defiance
Little Punderson Lake 1070819 26 acres (11 ha) Newbury Geauga
Long Lake 42 acres (17 ha) Washington Holmes
Luna Lake 1042835 61 acres (25 ha) Franklin Summit
McMillen Lake 1043138 5 acres (2.0 ha) Union Logan
McQuery Lake 6 acres (2.4 ha) Harrison Champaign
Meadowbrook Lake 45 acres (18 ha) Danbury Ottawa
Metcalf Lake 12 acres (4.9 ha) Lake Ashland
Meyers Lake 1058174 134 acres (54 ha) Canton Stark
Mud Lake 1043694 35 acres (14 ha) Clear Creek Ashland
Mud Lake 1043697 10 acres (4.0 ha) Northwest Williams
Muzzy Lake 1061166 82 acres (33 ha) Rootstown Portage
Nettle Lake 1043808 94 acres (38 ha) Northwest Williams
Newell Lake 5 acres (2.0 ha) Union Logan
Nobles Pond 5 acres (2.0 ha) Jackson Stark
Odell Lake 1057895 107 acres (43 ha) Washington Holmes
Punderson Lake 1044798 101 acres (41 ha) Newbury Geauga
Restful Lake 1044951 11 acres (4.5 ha) Newbury Geauga
Round Lake 1045222 25 acres (10 ha) Lake Ashland
Rubber City Sand & Gravel 13 acres (5.3 ha) Springfield Summit
Ruby Lake 1057973 5 acres (2.0 ha) Union Logan
Rushcreek Lake 21 acres (8.5 ha) Rush Creek Logan
Sandy Lake 1045956 90 acres (36 ha) Rootstown Portage
Sayres Lake 1079588 7 acres (2.8 ha) Concord Champaign
Shocalog Lake 7 acres (2.8 ha) Copley Summit
Silver Lake 1046281 35 acres (14 ha) Harrison Logan
Silver Lake 1046282 91 acres (37 ha) Silver Lake Summit
Singer Lake 1046298 62 acres (25 ha) Green Summit
Sippo Lake 88 acres (36 ha) Perry Stark
Sites Lake 1046306 7 acres (2.8 ha) Mifflin Richland
Smoot Lake 1046392 5 acres (2.0 ha) Washington Licking
Snow Lake 1058027 11 acres (4.5 ha) Burton Geauga
Spring Lake 1046566 29 acres (12 ha) Clear Creek Ashland
Springfield Lake 1046596 200 acres (81 ha) Springfield Summit
Stewart Pond 1061208 29 acres (12 ha) Franklin Portage
Summit Lake 100 acres (40 ha) Akron Summit
Sunny Lake 1046862 63 acres (25 ha) Aurora Portage
Turkeyfoot Lake 1061221 318 acres (129 ha) Green Summit
Twin Lake (1) 5 acres (2.0 ha) Union Logan
Twin Lake (2) 5 acres (2.0 ha) Union Logan
West Twin Lake 1058269 91 acres (37 ha) Franklin Portage
White Pond 18 acres (7.3 ha) Copley Summit
Wingfoot Lake 262 acres (106 ha) Suffield Portage
Wyoga Lake 1048166 60 acres (24 ha) Stow Summit
Yellow Pond 5 acres (2.0 ha) Copley Summit
Z 13 acres (5.3 ha) Twinsburg Summit
Z 11 acres (4.5 ha) Hudson Summit
Z 10 acres (4.0 ha) Suffield Portage
Z 10 acres (4.0 ha) Twinsburg Summit
Z 9 acres (3.6 ha) Plain Stark
Z 8 acres (3.2 ha) Green Summit
Z 6 acres (2.4 ha) Green Summit
Z 6 acres (2.4 ha) Green Summit
Z 6 acres (2.4 ha) Springfield Summit
Z 5 acres (2.0 ha) Bloom Scioto
Z 5 acres (2.0 ha) Coventry Summit
Z 5 acres (2.0 ha) Franklin Summit
Z 5 acres (2.0 ha) Franklin Summit
Z 5 acres (2.0 ha) Green Summit
Z 5 acres (2.0 ha) Green Summit
Z 5 acres (2.0 ha) Green Summit
Z 5 acres (2.0 ha) Hudson Summit
Z 5 acres (2.0 ha) Lake Ashland
Z 5 acres (2.0 ha) Stow Summit
Z 5 acres (2.0 ha) Twinsburg Summit
Z – denotes that a lake is unnamed or that its name is not known.

Artificial inland lakes

There are 113 artificial inland lakes in or partially within Ohio, with a surface area greater than 100 acres (40 ha).[4]

Name
 GNIS ID #
and link
 Coordinates
 Surface area
 County or Counties
Acton Lake 1070657 604 acres (244 ha) Butler and Preble
Alum Creek Lake 1070661 40°10′36″N 82°57′24″W / 40.17667°N 82.95667°W / 40.17667; -82.95667 (Alum Creek Lake (Delaware County)) 3,387 acres (1,371 ha) Delaware
Atwood Lake 1070667 1,540 acres (620 ha) Carroll and Tuscarawas
Barbertown Wolf Creek Reservoir 196 acres (79 ha) Summit
Beach City Lake 420 acres (170 ha) Tuscarawas
Beaver Creek Reservoir 110 acres (45 ha) Seneca
Beaver Lake 103 acres (42 ha) Columbiana
Belmont Lake 117 acres (47 ha) Belmont
Berlin Reservoir 3,590 acres (1,450 ha) Portage
Big Island Wildlife Area Reservoir 382 acres (155 ha) Marion
Bresler Reservoir 582 acres (236 ha) Allen
Brown Lake 2,120 acres (860 ha) Clark
Buckeye Lake 3,136 acres (1,269 ha) Fairfield, Licking, Perry
Bucyrus Reservoir #4 150 acres (61 ha) Crawford
Burr Oak Lake 664 acres (269 ha) Athens and Morgan
Caesar Creek Reservoir 2,830 acres (1,150 ha) Clinton and Warren
Charles Mill Lake 1039002 1,350 acres (550 ha) Ashland and Richland
Cinnamon Lake 131 acres (53 ha) Ashland
Clear Fork Reservoir 1070716 1,010 acres (410 ha) Morrow and Richland
Clendening Lake 1085458 40°16′7″N 81°16′36″W / 40.26861°N 81.27667°W / 40.26861; -81.27667 (Clendening Lake reservoir (Harrison County)) 1,800 acres (730 ha) Harrison
Cowan Lake 1061001 39°23′19″N 83°55′29″W / 39.38861°N 83.92472°W / 39.38861; -83.92472 (Cowan Lake reservoir (Clinton County)) 688 acres (278 ha) Clinton
Deer Creek Lake 1,277 acres (517 ha) Pickaway
Deer Creek Reservoir 313 acres (127 ha) Stark
Defiance Power Dam Reservoir 679 acres (275 ha) Defiance
Delaware Lake 1,300 acres (530 ha) Delaware
Dillon Lake 1037280 1,325 acres (536 ha) Muskingum
Dow Lake 161 acres (65 ha) Athens
East Branch Reservoir 416 acres (168 ha) Geauga
East Reservoir 201 acres (81 ha) Summit
Eastwood Lake 170 acres (69 ha) Montgomery
Evans Lake 1040260 566 acres (229 ha) Mahoning
Ferguson Reservoir 305 acres (123 ha) Allen
Findlay Reservoir #1 186 acres (75 ha) Hancock
Findlay Reservoir #2 650 acres (260 ha) Hancock
Forked Run Lake 104 acres (42 ha) Meigs
Grand Lake St. Marys 1083992 40°31′52″N 84°29′59″W / 40.53111°N 84.49972°W / 40.53111; -84.49972 12,700 acres (5,100 ha) Auglaize and Mercer
Grant Lake 181 acres (73 ha) Brown
Griggs Reservoir 385 acres (156 ha) Franklin
Guilford Lake 396 acres (160 ha) Columbiana
Hammertown Lake 186 acres (75 ha) Jackson
Hargus Lake 130 acres (53 ha) Pickaway
Harsha Lake 39°01′48″N 84°06′15″W / 39.03000°N 84.10417°W / 39.03000; -84.10417 2,107 acres (853 ha) Clermont
Highlandtown Lake 170 acres (69 ha) Columbiana
Hoover Reservoir 40°06′29″N 82°52′54″W / 40.10806°N 82.88167°W / 40.10806; -82.88167 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) Delaware and Franklin
Independence Dam Reservoir 605 acres (245 ha) Defiance
Indian Lake 1041943 40°28′03″N 83°52′31″W / 40.46750°N 83.87528°W / 40.46750; -83.87528 5,104 acres (2,066 ha) Logan
Jackson Lake 243 acres (98 ha) Jackson
Killdeer Reservoir 253 acres (102 ha) Wyandot
Killdeer Wildlife Pond #7 373 acres (151 ha) Wyandot
Killdeer Wildlife Pond #8 225 acres (91 ha) Wyandot
Killdeer Wildlife Pond #9 225 acres (91 ha) Wyandot
Kirwin Reservoir 2,650 acres (1,070 ha) Portage
Kiser Lake 1070804 40°11′17″N 83°57′56″W / 40.18806°N 83.96556°W / 40.18806; -83.96556 (Kiser Lake) 394 acres (159 ha) Champaign
Knox Lake 474 acres (192 ha) Knox
LaDue Reservoir 1084011 1,500 acres (610 ha) Geauga
Lake Hamilton 104 acres (42 ha) Mahoning
Lake Hodgson 190 acres (77 ha) Portage
Lake Hope 127 acres (51 ha) Vinton
Lake LaComte 128 acres (52 ha) Hancock
Lake La Su An 134 acres (54 ha) Williams
Lake Logan 1078073 39°32′20″N 82°28′02″W / 39.53889°N 82.46722°W / 39.53889; -82.46722 (Lake Logan (Lake)) 354 acres (143 ha) Hocking
Lake Loramie 785 acres (318 ha) Shelby
Lake Medina 109 acres (44 ha) Medina
Lake Milton 1,685 acres (682 ha) Mahoning
Lake Mohawk 1061156 40°40′26″N 81°11′29″W / 40.67389°N 81.19139°W / 40.67389; -81.19139 507 acres (205 ha) Carroll
Lake Rockwell 539 acres (218 ha) Portage
Lake Rupert 325 acres (132 ha) Vinton
Lake Snowden 131 acres (53 ha) Athens
Lake Vesuvius 105 acres (42 ha) Lawrence
Lake White 337 acres (136 ha) Pike
Lake Waynoka 1077889 38°56′15″N 83°46′56″W / 38.93750°N 83.78222°W / 38.93750; -83.78222 300 acres (120 ha) Brown
Leesville Lake 1,000 acres (400 ha) Carroll
Long Lake 180 acres (73 ha) Summit
Lost Creek Reservoir 121 acres (49 ha) Allen
Madison Lake 1042876 39°52′25″N 83°22′29″W / 39.87361°N 83.37472°W / 39.87361; -83.37472 106 acres (43 ha) Madison
McKelvey Lake 133 acres (54 ha) Mahoning
Meander Creek Reservoir 1070843 2,010 acres (810 ha) Mahoning and Trumbull
Metzger Reservoir 157 acres (64 ha) Allen
Mogadore Reservoir 900 acres (360 ha) Portage
Mosquito Creek Lake 1043509 41°22′16″N 80°45′18″W / 41.37111°N 80.75500°W / 41.37111; -80.75500 7,850 acres (3,180 ha) Trumbull
Mount Orab #1 181 acres (73 ha) Brown
New London Reservoir 221 acres (89 ha) Huron
Newport Lake 105 acres (42 ha) Mahoning
Nimisila Reservoir 825 acres (334 ha) Summit
North Branch Kokosing Lake 154 acres (62 ha) Knox
North Reservoir 160 acres (65 ha) Summit
Ohio Power Recreation Lakes 2,000 acres (810 ha) Morgan
O'Shaughnessy Reservoir 40°09′14″N 83°07′33″W / 40.15389°N 83.12583°W / 40.15389; -83.12583 920 acres (370 ha) Delaware
Paint Creek Lake 1,190 acres (480 ha) Highland and Ross
Piedmont Lake 2,310 acres (930 ha) Harrison
Pine Lake 474 acres (192 ha) Mahoning
Pleasant Hill Lake 850 acres (340 ha) Ashland
Pymatuning Reservoir 1044806 3,580 acres (1,450 ha) Ashtabula (OH) and Crawford (PA)
Resthaven Wildlife Area Pond 200 acres (81 ha) Erie
Roaming Rock Lake 464 acres (188 ha) Ashtabula
Rocky Fork Lake 39°11′11″N 83°28′21″W / 39.18639°N 83.47250°W / 39.18639; -83.47250 2,080 acres (840 ha) Highland
Ross Lake 140 acres (57 ha) Ross
Rush Creek Lake #6-A 300 acres (120 ha) Fairfield
Salt Fork Reservoir 2,952 acres (1,195 ha) Guernsey
Senecaville Lake 1058011 3,550 acres (1,440 ha) Guernsey and Noble
Snider Ditch Lake 245 acres (99 ha) Trumbull
Stonelick Reservoir 160 acres (65 ha) Clermont
Tappan Lake 1046947 40°21′30″N 81°13′34″W / 40.35833°N 81.22611°W / 40.35833; -81.22611 (Tappan Lake (Harrison County)) 2,350 acres (950 ha) Harrison
Tycoon Lake 204 acres (83 ha) Gallia
Veterans Memorial Reservoir 165 acres (67 ha) Hancock
Veto Lake 160 acres (65 ha) Washington
Walburn Reservoir 670 acres (270 ha) Stark
Wellington Upground Reservoir 160 acres (65 ha) Lorain
West Reservoir 104 acres (42 ha) Summit
Willard City Reservoir 200 acres (81 ha) Huron
Wills Creek Lake 90 acres (36 ha) Coshocton
Winton Woods Lake 183 acres (74 ha) Hamilton
Wolf Run Reservoir 209 acres (85 ha) Noble

Notes

^ A: Notes:

345 USGS GNIS officially-named lakes in Ohio[5]

1,255 USGS GNIS officially-named reservoirs in Ohio[6]


References

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  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-09-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "USGS GNIS named-lakes in Ohio". United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  6. ^ "USGS GNIS named-reservoirs in Ohio". United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

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