page_title: List of largest reservoirs in the United States
section_title: Location map
hierarchical_section_title: List of largest reservoirs in the United States / Location map
caption_attribution_description: English: Relief location map of the USA (without Hawaii and Alaska). EquiDistantConicProjection&#160;: Central parallel&#160;: * N: 37.0° N Central meridian&#160;: * E: 96.0° W Standard parallels: * 1: 32.0° N * 2: 42.0° N Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Formulas for x and y: x = 50.0 + 124.03149777329222 * ((1.9694462586094064-({{{2}}}* pi / 180)) * sin(0.6010514667026994 * ({{{3}}} + 96) * pi / 180)) y = 50.0 + 1.6155950752393982 * 124.03149777329222 * 0.02613325650382181 - 1.6155950752393982 * 124.03149777329222 * (1.3236744353715044 - (1.9694462586094064-({{{2}}}* pi / 180)) * cos(0.6010514667026994 * ({{{3}}} + 96) * pi / 180))
context_page_description: This is a list of largest reservoirs in the United States, including all artificial lakes with a capacity greater than or equal to 1,000,000 acre feet. Figures given are for maximum storage capacity of reservoirs, not regular storage volume. This difference is significant in reservoirs such as Kentucky Lake, whose full capacity is nearly three times that of its conservation pool.
  Due to sedimentation and other factors that affect a reservoir's storage capacity over time, some data listed might not accurately reflect actual current conditions in certain reservoirs. For example, Lake Mead – the largest reservoir in the U.S. – could store more than 32.4 million acre-feet when first filled, but sediment accumulation has reduced this to 28.9 million acre-feet.
caption: Locations of the 25 largest reservoirs in the U.S.
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