List_of_lakes_in_Washington

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.

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[1] [N 1]
Enhanced with a dam in 1927.

[7] [N 2]
Excluding Lake Union and connected waters.

[8] [N 3]
Largest unaltered lake in Washington State

[10] [N 4]
Enhanced with dams in the early 1900s, 1928 and 1941 for irrigation purposes.

[11] [N 5]
The Zosel Dam, when built in 1927, unintentionally influenced and now regulates Osoyoos Lake levels.

[13] [N 6]
Most voluminous unaltered lake in Washington State

[15] [N 7]
Enhanced with dams in 1937.

[16] [N 8]
Enhanced with a dam in 1933 for irrigation purposes. Active capacity is 437,000 acre feet.

[18] [N 9]
Enhanced with a dam in 1912 for irrigation purposes. Active capacity is 239,000 acre feet.

[19] [N 10]
Saline lake.

[20] [N 11]
Enhanced with a dam in 1917 for irrigation purposes. Active capacity is 158,000 acre feet.

[22] [N 12]
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.

[27] [N 13]
Natural lake that was diked in 1911. With islands the surface area is about 2,800 acres.

[29] [N 14]
Natural lake, but dammed to prevent flooding.

[30] [N 15]
Largest natural lake in South East Washington.

[32] [N 16]
North and South Twin Lakes combined. Used as a reservoir for irrigation purposes since 1930.

[34] [N 17]
Before it was expanded with the Masonry Dam in 1911, this lake was known as "Cedar Lake".

[39] [N 18]
Surface area and volume exclude the 150 acre Portage Bay as well as the Fremont Cut and Salmon Bay.

[48] [N 19]
Natural reservoir

[50] [N 20]
Tidal flats and estuary dammed in 1951. Reduced from an original 320 acres surface area by sedimentation.

[big-2] [1]
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

[3] [2]
Morphometry of Lake Chelan at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website

[wdfw-4] [3]
Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website

[bahls-5] [4]
Bahls, Kindberg, Wait & Glasgow An assessment of error in state shoreline designation for lakes of Washington, 2006

[lub-6] [5]
Lakes in Washington at lakelubbers.com

[nfr-9] [6]
Lakes in Washington at Northwest Fishing Report

[12] [7]
Osoyoos Lake Archived 2015-07-23 at the Wayback Machine at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website

[14] [8]
Ron Judd, Our deep lakes incite curiosity and conjure legends, Seattle Times, August 8, 2014

[17] [9]
Cle Elum Dam at the Bureau of Reclamation website.

[21] [10]
Keechelus Dam at the Bureau of Reclamation website.

[spirit-23] [11]
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

[calc-24] [12]
Conflicting surface area data resolved with area calculator

[25] [13]
Palmer Lake Archived 2015-07-23 at the Wayback Machine at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website

[26] [14]
Number represents usable storage (between 515 and 543 ft elevation); dead storage (and therefore volume) between 455 and 515 feet is unknown.

[28] [15]
Wells & Wells, Water Quality and Fish-bioenergetics Model of Chester Morse Lake and the Cedar River, 2012

[31] [16]
Lenore Lake Archived 2008-09-08 at the Wayback Machine at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website

[33] [17]
Owhi Lake at the Washington State University "Lakes of the Colville Reservation" website

[35] [18]
Curlew Lake Archived 2010-07-30 at the Wayback Machine at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website

[36] [19]
Mason Lake at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website

[37] [20]
Lake Samish Archived 2015-07-23 at the Wayback Machine at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website

[38] [21]
Summit Lake at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website

[40] [22]
Lake Union at kingcounty.gov

[41] [23]
Packwood Lake Drawdown Study Report, 2007 (Table 4.1)

[42] [24]
Lake Sutherland Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website

[43] [25]
Walupt Lake at the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website.

[44] [26]
Long Lake Archived 2015-07-23 at the Wayback Machine at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website

[45] [27]
Nahwatzel Lake Archived 2015-06-11 at the Wayback Machine at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website

[46] [28]
Dorothy Lake at the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website.

[47] [29]
"Conconully Lake". wdfw.wa.gov. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

[sawyer-49] [30]
"Lake Sawyer: King County, Washington". Retrieved 2019-07-24.

[Chopaka_Lake-51] [31]
Chopaka Lake at the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website.

[deep-52] [32]
Deepest alpine lakes in Washington at nwhikers.net

[53] [33]
North Cascades National Park (N.P.), Mountain Lakes Fishery Management Plan, 2008 (p. 151)

[54] [34]
Blanca Lake at the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website.

[55] [35]
Snow Lake at the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website.

[56] [36]
Snoqualmie Lake at the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website.

[57] [37]
Berdeen Lake at the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website.

[58] [38]
http://www.watrailblazers.org/issues/tb_eis_response_appendixB.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[59] [39]
"Horseshoe Lake (Kitsap County)". wdfw.wa.gov. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

[60] [40]
"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.

[Lake_Roosevelt_Forum-61] [41]
"Geography and Community". Retrieved 2014-04-10.

[62] [42]
"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.

[63] [43]
"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-64] [44]
"Reservoirs in the United States" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. 1966. Retrieved 2014-12-20.

[65] [45]
"Lake Umatilla". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1979-09-10. Retrieved 2014-04-11.

[66] [46]
"Riffe Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1990-07-01. Retrieved 2014-04-11.

[67] [47]
"Cowlitz River Basin" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2014-04-11.

[68] [48]
"Alder Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1979-09-10. Retrieved 2016-09-06.

[69] [49]
"Ross Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1979-09-10. Retrieved 2014-04-11.

[70] [50]
"Lake Wallula". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1979-09-10. Retrieved 2014-04-10.

[71] [51]
"Banks Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1979-09-10. Retrieved 2014-04-11.

[72] [52]
"The Story of the Columbia Basin Project". National Park Service. 2008-02-01. Retrieved 2014-04-11.

[73] [53]
"Warmwater Fishing Opportunitues in Central Washington 2014-15" (PDF). Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved 2014-04-11.

[74] [54]
"Banks Lake Fish Survey, September 2000" (PDF). Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. July 2004. Retrieved 2014-04-11.

[75] [55]
"Swift Reservoir". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1979-09-10. Retrieved 2014-04-15.

[76] [56]
"Swift Reservoir". Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved 2014-04-15.

[77] [57]
"Wanapum Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1979-09-10. Retrieved 2014-04-11.

[78] [58]
"Assessing Native and Introduced Fish Predation on Migrating Juvenile Salmon" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2014-04-11.

[79] [59]
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[82] [62]
"Lower Monumental Lock and Dam". US Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved 2014-04-11.

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[84] [64]
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[85] [65]
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Name	County(s)	Elev. (ft)	Area (acres)	Volume (acre ft)	Depth (max)(ft)	Outflow	Basin	Coordinates	Notes	Reference
Lake Chelan	Chelan	1,102	33,000	15,800,000	1,486	Chelan River	Columbia / Chelan	48.027°N 120.338°W / 48.027; -120.338 (Lake Chelan)	^{[note 1]}	^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
Lake Washington	King	17	22,000	2,400,000	214	Lake Washington Ship Canal	Lake Washington	47.622°N 122.256°W / 47.622; -122.256 (Lake Washington)	^{[note 2]}	^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5]
Ozette Lake	Clallam	33	7,400	960,000	331	Ozette River	Ozette River	48.095°N 124.637°W / 48.095; -124.637 (Ozette Lake)	^{[note 3]}	^[1]^[3]^[6]^[5]
Moses Lake	Grant	1,050	6,800	130,000	38	Crab Creek	Columbia / Crab Creek	47.124°N 119.339°W / 47.124; -119.339 (Moses Lake)	^{[note 4]}	^[1]^[3]^[6]^[5]
Osoyoos Lake	Okanogan / B.C.‡	911	5,800	270,000	208	Okanogan River	Columbia / Okanogan	49°N 119.444°W / 49; -119.444 (Osoyoos Lake)	^{[note 5]}	^[1]^[7]^[3]^[5]
Lake Crescent	Clallam	584	5,100	1,500,000	624	Lyre River	Lyre River	48.06°N 123.828°W / 48.06; -123.828 (Lake Crescent)	^{[note 6]}	^[8]^[3]^[5]
Lake Whatcom	Whatcom	312	4,900	770,000	328	Whatcom Creek	Bellingham Bay	48.734°N 122.331°W / 48.734; -122.331 (Lake Whatcom)	^{[note 7]}	^[1]^[3]^[6]^[4]^[5]
Lake Sammamish	King	30	4,900	284,000	105	Sammamish River	Lake Washington	47.594°N 122.098°W / 47.594; -122.098 (Lake Sammamish)		^[1]^[6]^[4]^[5]
Cle Elum Lake	Kittitas	2,227	4,800	520,000	260	Cle Elum River	Columbia / Yakima	47.267°N 121.094°W / 47.267; -121.094 (Cle Elum Lake)	^{[note 8]}	^[1]^[9]^[5]
Baker Lake	Whatcom	705	4,800	285,000		Baker River	Skagit River	48.765°N 121.542778°W / 48.765; -121.542778 (Baker Lake)
Kachess Lake	Kittitas	2,258	4,500	550,000	410	Kachess River	Columbia / Yakima	47.317°N 121.238°W / 47.317; -121.238 (Kachess Lake)	^{[note 9]}	^[1]^[3]^[5]
Lake Cushman	Mason	739	4,010		115	Skokomish River		47°28′48″N 123°15′0″W
Lake Quinault	Grays Harbor	186	3,550	496,000	240	Quinault River	Quinault River	47.474°N 123.871°W / 47.474; -123.871 (Lake Quinault)		^[4]^[5]
Omak Lake	Okanogan	958	3,250	700,000	325	None	Columbia Basin	48.277°N 119.399°W / 48.277; -119.399 (Omak Lake)	^{[note 10]}	^[1]^[3]^[6]
Keechelus Lake	Kittitas	2,521	2,600	250,000	310	Yakima River	Columbia / Yakima	47.327°N 121.352°W / 47.327; -121.352 (Keechelus Lake)	^{[note 11]}	^[1]^[10]^[5]
Spirit Lake	Skamania	3,440	2,600	212,000	110	North Fork Toutle River	Columbia / Cowlitz	46.269°N 122.141°W / 46.269; -122.141 (Spirit Lake)	^{[note 12]}	^[11]^[12]
Lake Wenatchee	Chelan	1,872	2,500	360,000	244	Wenatchee River	Columbia / Wenatchee	47.823°N 120.778°W / 47.823; -120.778 (Lake Wenatchee)		^[1]^[13]^[6]^[5]
Lake Tapps	Pierce	546	2,430	47,000 ^[14]	90	White River	Puyallup River	47.214°N 122.169°W / 47.214; -122.169 (Lake Tapps)	^{[note 13]}	^[15]^[6]^[4]^[5]^[12]
Silver Lake	Cowlitz	489	2,300	13,000	10	Outlet Creek	Columbia / Cowlitz	46.29°N 122.799°W / 46.29; -122.799 (Silver Lake)	^{[note 14]}	^[1]^[3]^[6]^[5]
Vancouver Lake	Clark	8	2,300	6,900	15	Lake River	Columbia Basin	45.674°N 122.718°W / 45.674; -122.718 (Vancouver Lake)		^[3]^[4]^[5]^[12]
Rock Lake	Whitman	1,728	2,200	380,000	350	Rock Creek	Columbia / Snake	47.182°N 117.68°W / 47.182; -117.68 (Rock Lake)	^{[note 15]}	^[1]^[16]^[3]^[6]^[4]^[5]
Palmer Lake	Okanogan	1,150	2,100	110,000	79	Palmer Creek	Columbia / Okanogan	48.893°N 119.619°W / 48.893; -119.619 (Palmer Lake)		^[3]^[6]
Twin Lakes	Ferry	2,572	1,900	33,000	50	Stranger Creek	Columbia Basin	48.276°N 118.38°W / 48.276; -118.38 (Twin Lakes)	^{[note 16]}	^[17]
Chester Morse Lake	King	1,562	1,830	94,000	130	Cedar River	Lake Washington	47.387°N 121.703°W / 47.387; -121.703 (Chester Morse Lake)	^{[note 17]}	^[3]^[6]^[12]
Sprague Lake	Adams / Lincoln	1,882	1,800	19,000	20	Cow Creek	Columbia / Snake	47.26°N 118.066°W / 47.26; -118.066 (Sprague Lake)		^[1]^[3]^[6]^[4]
Lenore Lake	Grant	1,078	1,400	20,000	27	Soap Lake	Columbia / Crab Creek	47.487°N 119.517°W / 47.487; -119.517 (Lenore Lake)		^[1]^[3]^[6]^[4]
Deer Lake	Stevens	2,482	1,150	60,000	80	Sheep Creek	Columbia / Colville	48.112°N 117.587°W / 48.112; -117.587 (Deer Lake)		^[1]^[3]^[6]^[4]^[5]
American Lake	Pierce	238	1,100	60,000	90	Sequalitchew Creek	47.125°N 122.562°W / 47.125; -122.562 (American Lake)		^[1]^[3]^[6]^[4]^[5]
Loon Lake	Stevens	2,385	1,100	51,000	105	Sheep Creek	Columbia / Colville	48.045°N 117.622°W / 48.045; -117.622 (Loon Lake)		^[1]^[18]^[6]^[4]^[5]
Newman Lake	Spokane	2,130	1,100	23,000	30	Newman Lake Peat Dike	47.777°N 117.101°W / 47.777; -117.101 (Newman Lake)		^[1]^[19]^[3]^[6]^[4]^[5]
Lake Stevens	Snohomish	214	1,000	65,000	160	Catherine Creek	Snohomish River	48.004°N 122.085°W / 48.004; -122.085 (Lake Stevens)		^[1]^[20]^[6]^[4]
Mason Lake	Mason	197	1,000	49,000	90	Sherwood Creek	Puget Sound	47.335°N 122.958°W / 47.335; -122.958 (Mason Lake)		^[1]^[3]^[6]^[4]^[5]
Curlew Lake	Ferry	2,354	920	40,000	130	Curlew Creek	Columbia / Kettle	48.734°N 118.666°W / 48.734; -118.666 (Curlew Lake)		^[1]^[6]^[5]
Soap Lake	Grant	1,074	850	29,000	95	None	Columbia / Crab Creek	47.406°N 119.497°W / 47.406; -119.497 (Soap Lake)		^[1]^[4]
Lake Cavanaugh	Skagit	1,012	830	36,000	80	Lake Creek	Stillaguamish River	48.321°N 122.01°W / 48.321; -122.01 (Lake Cavanaugh)		^[1]^[3]^[6]^[4]^[5]
Lake Samish	Whatcom	274	810	33,100	160	Friday Creek	Bellingham Bay	48.665°N 122.385°W / 48.665; -122.385 (Lake Samish)		^[1]^[6]^[4]
Coldwater Lake	Cowlitz / Skamania	2,494	770	58,500	200	Coldwater Creek	Columbia / Cowlitz	46.303°N 122.24°W / 46.303; -122.24 (Coldwater Lake)		^[11]^[3]^[5]
Bead Lake	Pend Oreille	2,833	720	77,000	180	None	Columbia / Pend Oreille	48.298°N 117.113°W / 48.298; -117.113 (Bead Lake)		^[1]^[21]^[3]^[6]
Lake Union	King	17	580	20,000	50	Fremont Cut	Lake Washington	47.641°N 122.335°W / 47.641; -122.335 (Lake Union)	^{[note 18]}	^[1]^[22]^[5]^[12]
Buffalo Lake	Okanogan	2,402	540	33,700	121	None	Columbia Basin	48.064°N 118.888°W / 48.064; -118.888 (Buffalo Lake)		^[1]^[3]^[6]
Lake Goodwin	Snohomish	328	540	13,000	50	Tulalip Creek	Puget Sound	48.142°N 122.296°W / 48.142; -122.296 (Lake Goodwin)		^[1]^[23]^[6]^[4]
Summit Lake	Thurston	459	510	28,000	100	Kennedy Creek	Puget Sound	47.056°N 123.103°W / 47.056; -123.103 (Summit Lake)		^[1]^[24]^[6]^[4]
Lake Kapowsin	Pierce	585	510	8,300	29	Kapowsin Creek	Puyallup River	46.973°N 122.227°W / 46.973; -122.227 (Lake Kapowsin)		^[1]^[25]^[6]^[4]^[12]
Lake Pleasant	Clallam	397	500	16,000	50	Lake Creek to Sol Duc River	Quillayute River	48.064°N 124.329°W / 48.064; -124.329 (Lake Pleasant)		^[1]^[3]^[6]^[4]
Packwood Lake	Lewis	2,857	450	28,000	120	Lake Creek	Columbia / Cowlitz	46.587°N 121.558°W / 46.587; -121.558 (Packwood Lake)		^[1]^[26]^[6]
Walupt Lake	Lewis	3,930	380	62,000	300	Walupt Creek	Columbia / Cowlitz	46.417°N 121.463°W / 46.417; -121.463 (Lake Walupt)		^[1]^[3]^[6]
Lake Sutherland	Clallam	528	360	21,000	86	Indian Creek	Elwha River	48.079°N 123.715°W / 48.079; -123.715 (Lake Sutherland)		^[1]^[27]^[3]^[6]^[4]^[5]
Lake Lawrence	Thurston	429	330	4,400	26	Deschutes River	Puget Sound	46.852°N 122.571°W / 46.852; -122.571 (Lake Lawrence)		^[28]^[6]^[4]
Long Lake	Thurston	160	310	3,900	21	Woodland Creek	Puget Sound	47.02°N 122.775°W / 47.02; -122.775 (Long Lake)		^[3]^[6]^[4]^[12]
Conconully Lake	Okanogan	2323	293		110	Salmon Creek	Okanogan River	48.563477°N 119.719804°W / 48.563477; -119.719804 (Conconully Lake)		^[29]
Lacamas Lake	Clark	182	290	7,500	65	Lacamas Creek	Columbia / Washougal	45.617°N 122.426°W / 45.617; -122.426 (Lacamas Lake)	^{[note 19]}	^[1]^[6]^[4]^[12]
Lake Sawyer	King	498	286		58	Covington Creek	Duwamish	47.333°N 122.0377°W / 47.333; -122.0377 (Lake Sawyer)		^[3]^[30]
Nahwatzel Lake	Mason	456	270	4,600	25	Outlet Creek -> Satsop River	Chehalis River	47.242°N 123.333°W / 47.242; -123.333 (Nahwatzel Lake)		^[1]^[6]^[4]
Capitol Lake	Thurston	3	270	2,400	20	Budd Inlet	Puget Sound	47.033°N 122.909°W / 47.033; -122.909 (Capitol Lake)	^{[note 20]}	^[1]
Lake Dorothy	King	3,062	260	ca 15,000?	160	Miller River	Snohomish River	47.58°N 121.386°W / 47.58; -121.386 (Lake Dorothy)		^[1]^[31]^[6]^[12]
Green Lake	King	164	250	3,400	30	Bef. 1916: Ravenna Creek	Lake Washington	47.678°N 122.338°W / 47.678; -122.338 (Green Lake)		^[1]^[3]^[6]^[4]
Lake Easton	Kittitas	2,184	205	4,000	85	Kachess River	Columbia / Yakima	47.25°N 121.199°W / 47.25; -121.199 (Lake Easton)		^[3]^[6]^[12]
Angeline Lake	King	4,613	184	>20,000	412	Angeline Falls, Foss River	Snohomish River	47.571°N 121.307°W / 47.571; -121.307 (Angeline Lake)		^[3]^[32]
Big Heart Lake	King	4,549	176	>20,000	449	Big Heart Falls, Foss River	Snohomish River	47.579°N 121.325°W / 47.579; -121.325 (Big Heart Lake)		^[3]^[32]
Silver Lake	Whatcom	6,768	162	ca 25,000?	522	Silver Creek	Skagit River	48.988°N 121.232°W / 48.988; -121.232 (Silver Lake)		^[33]^[12]
Blanca Lake	Snohomish	3,976	160	25,000	250	Troublesome Creek	Snohomish River	47.941°N 121.341°W / 47.941; -121.341 (Blanca Lake)		^[1]^[34]^[12]
Snow Lake	King	4,019	153	16,500	400	Rock Creek	Snoqualmie River	47.468°N 121.456°W / 47.468; -121.456 (Snow Lake)		^[1]^[35]
Lake Meridian	King	372	150	6,100	90	Big Soos Creek	Duwamish River	47.363°N 122.153°W / 47.363; -122.153 (Lake Meridian)		^[1]^[3]^[6]^[4]
Lake Padden	Whatcom	450	149	4,300	59	Padden Creek	Bellingham Bay	48.703°N 122.454°W / 48.703; -122.454 (Lake Padden)		^[1]^[4]^[3]
Gravelly Lake	Pierce	220	147	6,000	57	None	Chambers Creek	47.148°N 122.531°W / 47.148; -122.531 (Gravelly Lake)		^[1]^[6]^[4]^[12]
Chopaka Lake	Okanogan	2,911	140	3,700	73	Chopaka Creek	Columbia / Okanogan	48.918°N 119.7°W / 48.918; -119.7 (Chopaka Lake)		^[1]^[31]^[6]^[12]
Snoqualmie Lake	King	3,151	130	?	?	Taylor River	Snoqualmie River	47.567°N 121.413°W / 47.567; -121.413 (Snoqualmie Lake)		^[36]^[12]
Berdeen Lake	Whatcom	5,018	126	ca 10,000?	212	Berdeen Falls, Bacon Creek	Skagit River	48.716°N 121.465°W / 48.716; -121.465 (Berdeen Lake)		^[37]^[38]
Mowich Lake	Pierce	4,929	120	ca 4,000?	90	Crater Creek	Puyallup River	46.938°N 121.862°W / 46.938; -121.862 (Mowich Lake)		^[6]
Rattlesnake Lake	King	911	108	2,700	54	None	Lake Washington	47.43°N 121.775°W / 47.43; -121.775 (Rattlesnake Lake)		^[1]^[3]^[6]^[4]
Angle Lake	King	351	103	2,600	52	None	Duwamish River	47.428°N 122.287°W / 47.428; -122.287 (Angle Lake)		^[1]^[3]^[6]^[4]
Lake Ballinger	Snohomish	282	101	1,500	35	McAleer Creek	Lake Washington	47.782°N 122.327°W / 47.782; -122.327 (Lake Ballinger)		^[1]^[3]^[6]^[4]
Horseshoe Lake	Kitsap	273	41		30	Burley Creek	Puget Sound	47.408221°N 122.664339°W / 47.408221; -122.664339		^[39]
Battle Ground Lake	Clark	509	25		60	Salmon Creek	Columbia / Salmon Creek	45.80454°N 122.49447°W / 45.80454; -122.49447 (Battle Ground Lake)		^[40]
Round Lake	Clark					Lacamas Creek	Columbia / Washougal	45.6019904°N 122.4031767°W / 45.6019904; -122.4031767 (Round Lake)
Doubtful Lake	Chelan							48.4740347°N 121.0476972°W / 48.4740347; -121.0476972
Dagger Lake	Chelan							48.4681455°N 120.6551062°W / 48.4681455; -120.6551062
Howard Lake	Chelan							48.388601°N 120.83345°W / 48.388601; -120.83345
Green View Lake	Chelan							48.4682456°N 120.8936430°W / 48.4682456; -120.8936430

Name	County(s)	Coordinates	Total storage (acre feet)	Surface area (acres)	Max depth (feet)	Outflow
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake	Douglas, Ferry, Stevens, Lincoln, Grant, Okanogan^[41]	47°56′46.2″N 118°55′56″W^[42]	9,386,000 ^[43]	79,400 ^[44]	400	Columbia River
Lake Umatilla	Klickitat, Sherman (OR)†, Gilliam (OR)†, Morrow (OR)†, Benton, Umatilla (OR)†	45°43′32″N 120°12′44″W^[45]		48,738		Columbia River
Riffe Lake	Lewis	46°27′59″N 122°16′4″W^[46]	1,686,300 ^[47]	11,830	360	Cowlitz River
Alder Lake	Pierce, Thurston	46°46′15″N 122°16′20″W^[48]		3065	290	Nisqually River
Ross Lake	Whatcom, British Columbia‡	48°52′6″N 121°1′47″W^[49]	1,435,000	11,700		Skagit River
Lake Wallula	Benton, Walla Walla, Umatilla (OR)†	45°57′17″N 119°3′53″W^[50]	1,350,000 ^[44]	42,500 ^[44]		Columbia River
Banks Lake	Grant, Douglas	47°48′21″N 119°11′31″W^[51]	1,275,000 ^[52]	26,877 ^[53]	177 ^[54]
Swift Reservoir	Skamania	46°3′20″N 122°6′51″W^[55]	755,600 ^[44]	4,585 ^[56]		Lewis River
Wanapum Lake	Kittitas, Grant	46°55′56″N 119°58′24″W^[57]	669,700 ^[44]	14,590 ^[58]		Columbia River
Rufus Woods Lake	Douglas, Chelan	47°59′47″N 119°37′14″W^[59]	590,199 ^[60]	7,800 ^[44]		Columbia River
Lake Herbert G. West	Walla Walla, Columbia, Whitman, Franklin	46°34′18″N 118°31′6″W^[61]	432,000	6,590 ^[62]		Snake River
Merwin Lake	Clark, Cowlitz	45°58′35″N 122°31′35″W^[63]	416,000 ^[64]	3,836 ^[65]	190	Lewis River
Yale Lake	Clark, Cowlitz	46°0′43″N 122°18′44″W^[66]	401,760 ^[44]	3,612		Lewis River
Potholes Reservoir	Grant	46°59′59″N 119°17′6″W^[67]	332,200 ^[68]	27,800 ^[69]

List_of_lakes_in_Washington

List of lakes of Washington

Natural lakes

Reservoirs

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