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Biggest Lakes and Reservoirs in Nebraska

Nebraska's biggest named fishing waters by surface acreage, from USGS records. 347 lakes and reservoirs carry acreage data in Nebraska; more water usually means more patterns to unlock.

In this scope: 347 waters · 37,598 acres

  1. Lake McConaughyReservoir · Keith County24,885 acres
  2. Johnson LakeReservoir · Gosper County2,207 acres
  3. Harry Strunk LakeReservoir · Frontier County1,727 acres
  4. Hugh Butler LakeReservoir · Frontier County1,497 acres
  5. Elwood ReservoirReservoir · Gosper County978 acres
  6. Jeffrey ReservoirReservoir · Lincoln County605 acres
  7. Ogallala LakeLake · Keith County574 acres
  8. Glenn Cunningham LakeReservoir · Douglas County345 acres
  9. Beaver LakeReservoir · Cass County297 acres
  10. Carter LakeLake · Douglas County289 acres
  11. Newport Landing LakeReservoir · Douglas County257 acres
  12. Central Midway LakeReservoir · Dawson County240 acres
  13. Zorinsky LakeReservoir · Douglas County235 acres
  14. Wehrspann LakeLake · Sarpy County216 acres
  15. Big Sandy LakeReservoir · Saunders County159 acres
  16. Philips LakeReservoir · Gosper County139 acres
  17. Base LakeLake · Sarpy County122 acres
  18. Lonergan LakeReservoir · Douglas County116 acres
  19. Standing Bear ReservoirReservoir · Douglas County106 acres
  20. Memphis LakeReservoir · Saunders County97 acres
  21. Haythorn LakeLake · Arthur County93 acres
  22. Wa Con-Da LakeLake · Cass County90 acres
  23. Walnut Creek LakeReservoir · Sarpy County84 acres
  24. East Midway LakeReservoir · Dawson County76 acres
  25. Johnson Creek Reservoir 22-AReservoir · Saunders County56 acres

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