List of lakes of Ohio explained

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 5acres 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 188461acres. 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 Erie9910sqmiAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake
Lorain, Lucas, Ottawa

Natural inland lakes

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

Name
GNIS ID #
and link
Surface area
Township
County
Alder Pond 15acresTallmadgeSummit
Aurora Pond 345acresAuroraPortage
Baker Lake 8acresGoshenChampaign
Bass Lake 128acresMunsonGeauga
Bath Pond 13acresBathSummit
Big Lake 15acresMilford
Black Lake 27acresMiamiLoganLogan
Black Pond 7acresCopleySummit
Braden Lake 14acresUnion Logan
Brady Lake 70acresFranklinPortage
Breed Loves Pond 7acresSalemChampaign
Brown Lake 6acresClintonWayne
Brush Lake 15acresRushChampaign
Camden Reservoir 9acresCamdenLorain
Chippewa Lake 324acresWestfieldMedina
Collins Pond 6acresRavennaPortage
Congress Lake 200acresLakeStark
Crystal Lake 20acres Bethel Clark
Crystal Lake 25acresRootstownPortage
Crystal Lake 25acresSilver LakeSummit
Davenport Pond10acres PickawayPickaway
Dohner Lake 17acresChippewaWayne
Doke Lake 6acresUnion Logan
East Twin Lake 67acresFranklinPortage
Ensley-Genert Pond 6acresBloomSeneca
Ferry Lake 8acresFranklinPortage
Fishel Lake 19acres ValleyGuernsey
Fox Lake 40acresBaughmanWayne
Fudger Lake6acresGoshen Champaign
Geauga Lake 50acresBainbridgeGeauga
Grape Lake 14acresCoventrySummit
Haddix Lake 7acresPleasant Clark
Hitler Pond6acresPickawayPickaway
Kiwanis Lake 8acresNewbury Geauga
Ladd Lake10acresMilford
Lake Anna12acresBarbertonSummit
Lake Aquilla 27acresClaridonGeauga
Lake George 12acresFranklinPortage
Lake Hodgson 190acresRavennaPortage
Lake Kelso 26acresBurtonGeauga
Lake Nesmith 80acresCoventrySummit
Lake O'Pine 16acres LakeStark
Lake Pippen 143acresFranklinPortage
Lemon Lake 5acresUnion Logan
Little Fox Lake 7acresBaughman Wayne
Little Lake 10acresMilford
Little Punderson Lake 26acres Newbury Geauga
Long Lake 42acresWashington
Luna Lake 61acresFranklinSummit
McMillen Lake 5acresUnion Logan
McQuery Lake 6acresHarrison Champaign
Meadowbrook Lake 45acresDanburyOttawa
Metcalf Lake 12acresLake
Meyers Lake 134acresCantonStark
Mud Lake 35acresClear Creek
Mud Lake 10acresNorthwest
Muzzy Lake 82acresRootstownPortage
Nettle Lake 94acresNorthwest
Newell Lake 5acresUnion LoganLogan
Nobles Pond 5acresJacksonStark
Odell Lake 107acresWashington
Punderson Lake 101acresNewbury Geauga
Restful Lake 11acresNewbury Geauga
Round Lake25acresLake
Rubber City Sand & Gravel 13acresSpringfieldSummit
Ruby Lake 5acresUnion Logan
Rushcreek Lake 21acres Rush CreekLogan
Sandy Lake90acresRootstownPortage
Sayres Lake 7acresConcordChampaign
Shocalog Lake 7acresCopleySummit
Silver Lake 35acresHarrisonLogan
Silver Lake 91acresSilver LakeSummit
Singer Lake 62acresGreenSummit
Sippo Lake 88acresPerryStark
Sites Lake 7acresMifflinRichland
Smoot Lake 5acresWashington Licking
Snow Lake 11acresBurtonGeauga
Spring Lake 29acresClear Creek
Springfield Lake 200acresSpringfieldSummit
Stewart Pond 29acres FranklinPortage
Summit Lake 100acresAkronSummit
Sunny Lake 63acres AuroraPortage
Turkeyfoot Lake 318acresGreenSummit
Twin Lake (1) 5acresUnion Logan
Twin Lake (2) 5acresUnion Logan
West Twin Lake 91acresFranklinPortage
White Pond 18acresCopleySummit
Wingfoot Lake 262acres SuffieldPortage
Wyoga Lake 60acresStowSummit
Yellow Pond5acresCopleySummit
13acresTwinsburgSummit
11acresHudsonSummit
10acresSuffieldPortage
10acresTwinsburgSummit
9acresPlainStark
8acresGreenSummit
6acresGreenSummit
6acresGreenSummit
6acresSpringfieldSummit
5acres Bloom
5acresCoventrySummit
5acresFranklinSummit
5acresFranklinSummit
5acresGreenSummit
5acresGreenSummit
5acresGreenSummitSummit
5acresHudsonSummit
5acresLake
5acresStowSummit
5acresTwinsburgSummit
–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 100acres.[4]

Name
GNIS ID #
and link
Coordinates
Surface area
County or Counties
604acres Butler and Preble
Alum Creek Lake3387acres Delaware
1540acres Carroll and Tuscarawas
Barbertown Wolf Creek Reservoir 196acres Summit
Beach City Lake420acresTuscarawas
Beaver Creek Reservoir 110acresSeneca
Beaver Lake103acres Columbiana
Belmont Lake117acresBelmont
Berlin Reservoir 3590acresPortage
Big Island Wildlife Area Reservoir 382acres Marion
Bresler Reservoir 582acres Allen
Brown Lake2120acres Clark
Buckeye Lake3136acres Fairfield, Licking, Perry
Bucyrus Reservoir #4150acres Crawford
Burr Oak Lake664acres Athens and Morgan
Caesar Creek Reservoir2830acres Clinton and Warren
1350acres
Cinnamon Lake131acres Ashland
Clear Fork Reservoir 1010acres Morrow and Richland
Clendening Lake1800acres Harrison
Cowan Lake688acres Clinton
Deer Creek Lake1277acres Pickaway
Deer Creek Reservoir 313acres Stark
Defiance Power Dam Reservoir 679acres Defiance
Delaware Lake1300acres Delaware
Dillon Lake 1325acres Muskingum
161acres Athens
East Branch Reservoir 416acres Geauga
East Reservoir201acres Summit
Eastwood Lake170acres Montgomery
566acres Mahoning
Ferguson Reservoir 305acres Allen
Findlay Reservoir #1186acres Hancock
Findlay Reservoir #2650acres Hancock
Forked Run Lake104acres Meigs
40.5311°N -84.4997°W12700acres Auglaize and Mercer
Grant Lake181acres Brown
Griggs Reservoir 385acres Franklin
Guilford Lake396acres Columbiana
Hammertown Lake186acres Jackson
Hargus Lake130acres Pickaway
Harsha Lake2107acres Clermont
Highlandtown Lake170acres Columbiana
Hoover Reservoir3000acres Delaware and Franklin
Independence Dam Reservoir605acres
5104acres Logan
243acres Jackson
Killdeer Reservoir 253acres Wyandot
Killdeer Wildlife Pond #7373acres Wyandot
Killdeer Wildlife Pond #8225acres
Killdeer Wildlife Pond #9225acres Wyandot
Kirwin Reservoir2650acres Portage
Kiser Lake394acres Champaign
Knox Lake474acres Knox
1500acres Geauga
Lake Hamilton104acres Mahoning
Lake Hodgson190acres Portage
Lake Hope127acres Vinton
Lake LaComte128acres Hancock
Lake La Su An134acres Williams
354acres Hocking
Lake Loramie785acres Shelby
Lake Medina109acresMedina
Lake Milton1685acres Mahoning
Lake Mohawk507acresCarroll
Lake Rockwell539acres Portage
Lake Rupert325acres Vinton
Lake Snowden131acres Athens
Lake Vesuvius105acresLawrence
337acresPike
300acres Brown
1000acres Carroll
Long Lake180acres Summit
Lost Creek Reservoir 121acres Allen
Madison Lake106acres Madison
McKelvey Lake133acres Mahoning
2010acres Mahoning and Trumbull
Metzger Reservoir 157acresAllen
Mogadore Reservoir 900acresPortage
Mosquito Creek Lake41.3711°N -80.755°W7850acresTrumbull
Mount Orab #1181acres Brown
New London Reservoir 221acres Huron
Newport Lake105acresMahoning
Nimisila Reservoir 825acresSummit
North Branch Kokosing Lake154acres Knox
North Reservoir 160acres Summit
Ohio Power Recreation Lakes2000acresMorgan
O'Shaughnessy Reservoir40.1539°N -83.1258°W920acres Delaware
1190acres
Piedmont Lake2310acres Harrison
Pine Lake474acres Mahoning
Pleasant Hill Lake850acres
3580acres Ashtabula (OH) and Crawford (PA)
Resthaven Wildlife Area Pond200acres Erie
Roaming Rock Lake464acres Ashtabula
39.1864°N -83.4725°W2080acres Highland
Ross Lake140acres Ross
Rush Creek Lake #6-A300acres Fairfield
2952acres
3550acres Guernsey and Noble
Snider Ditch Lake245acres Trumbull
160acres Clermont
2350acres Harrison
Tycoon Lake204acres Gallia
Veterans Memorial Reservoir 165acres Hancock
Veto Lake160acres Washington
Walburn Reservoir 670acres Stark
Wellington Upground Reservoir 160acres Lorain
West Reservoir 104acres Summit
Willard City Reservoir 200acres Huron
Wills Creek Lake90acres Coshocton
Winton Woods Lake183acres Hamilton
Wolf Run Reservoir 209acres Noble

Notes

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

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

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-09-02 . 2015-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924001318/http://www.epa.ohio.gov/portals/35/documents/96vol3.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-09-02 . 2015-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924001318/http://www.epa.ohio.gov/portals/35/documents/96vol3.pdf . dead .
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-09-10 . 2012-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121224202256/http://www.epa.ohio.gov/portals/35/inland_lakes/05_Natural_Lakes_in_Ohio_1991.pdf . dead .
  4. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-09-02 . 2015-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924001318/http://www.epa.ohio.gov/portals/35/documents/96vol3.pdf . dead .
  5. Web site: USGS GNIS named-lakes in Ohio. United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  6. Web site: 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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