Lakes in Southern California
There are hundreds of lakes and reservoirs in Southern California. Some of the most popular include:
Lake or Reservoir County Type and Origin Surface Area
Lake Arrowhead Reservoir San Bernardino Reservoir (Lake Arrowhead Dam) 780 acres
Lake Balboa Los Angeles 27 acres
Baldwin Lake San Bernardino Natural intermittent lake 692 acres
Big Tujunga Reservoir Los Angeles Reservoir (Big Tujunga No. 1 Dam) 83 acres
Bouquet Reservoir Los Angeles Reservoir (Bouquet Canyon Dam) 628 acres
Brea Reservoir Orange Reservoir (Brea Dam) 161 acres
Brock Reservoir Imperial Reservoir 485 acres
Canyon Lake Riverside Reservoir (Railroad Canyon Dam) 525 acres
Carbon Canyon Reservoir Orange Reservoir (Carbon Canyon Dam) 221 acres
Lake Casitas Ventura Reservoir (Casitas Dam) 2,700 acres
Castaic Lake Los Angeles Reservoir (Castaic Dam) 2,235 acres
Castaic Lake Kern Natural lake 400 acres
Cedar Lake San Bernardino Reservoir (Cedar Lake Dam) 3 acres
Cogswell Reservoir Los Angeles Reservoir (Cogswell Dam) 146 acres
Crystal Lake Los Angeles Natural lake 4 acres
Lake Cuyamaca San Diego Reservoir (Cuyamaca Dam) 110 acres
Diamond Valley Lake Riverside Reservoir (Diamond Valley Lake Dam) 4,860 acres
Dixon Lake San Diego Reservoir (Dixon Dam) 69 acres
Eaton Wash Reservoir Los Angeles Flood-control reservoir (Eaton Wash Debris Basin Dam) 54 acres
El Capitan Reservoir San Diego Reservoir (El Capitan Dam) 1,562 acres
Lake Eleanor Ventura Reservoir 9 acres
Elizabeth Lake Los Angeles Natural lake (sag pond) 160 acres
Lake Elsinore Riverside Natural lake (sag pond) 3,000 acres
Encino Reservoir Los Angeles Reservoir (Encino Dam) 158 acres
Lake Fulmore Riverside Reservoir 4 acres
Gibraltar Reservoir Santa Barbara Reservoir (Gibraltar Dam) 335 acres
Green Valley Lake San Bernardino Reservoir (Green Valley Dam) 22 acres
Lake Gregory San Bernardino Reservoir (Lake Gregory Dam) 88 acres
Hansen Flood Control Basin Los Angeles Flood-control reservoir (Hansen Recreational Lake Dam) 11 acres
Lake Havasu San Bernardino Reservoir (Parker Dam) 20,400 acres
Lake Hemet Riverside Reservoir (Lake Hemet Dam) 470 acres
Lake Henshaw San Diego Reservoir (Henshaw Dam) 2,000 acres
Lake Hodges San Diego Reservoir (Lake Hodges Dam) 1,317 acres
Hollywood Reservoir Los Angeles Reservoir (Mulholland Dam) 82 acres
Hughes Lake Los Angeles Natural lake (sag pond) 15 acres
Imperial Reservoir Imperial Reservoir (Imperial Diversion Dam) 7,300 acres
Irvine Lake Orange Reservoir (Santiago Creek Dam) 650 acres
Isabella Lake Kern Reservoir (Isabella Dam) 11,400 acres
Ivanhoe Reservoir Los Angeles Reservoir 10 acres
Jenks Lake San Bernardino Reservoir 6 acres
Lake Jennings San Diego Reservoir (Chet Harritt Dam) 176 acres
Laguna Blanca Santa Barbara Natural lake 6 acres
Laguna Lakes Orange Natural lakes 20 acres
Lee Lake Riverside Reservoir (Lee Lake Dam) 70 acres
Lost Lake Riverside Natural lake 5 acres
Lake Loveland San Diego Reservoir (Lake Loveland Dam) 454 acres
Lower Otay Reservoir San Diego Reservoir (Savage Dam) 1,110 acres
Malibu Lake Los Angeles Reservoir (Malibu Lake Club Dam) 55 acres
Malibu Reservoir Los Angeles Reservoir (Rindge Dam) 4 acres
Lake Mathews Riverside Reservoir (Mathews Dam) 2,750 acres
Lake Ming Kern Reservoir (Kern River County Park Dam) 113 acres
Miramar Reservoir San Diego Reservoir (Miramar Dam) 162 acres
Lake Mission Viejo Orange Reservoir (Lake Mission Viejo Dam) 150 acres
Morena Reservoir San Diego Reservoir (Morena Dam) 1,475acres
Morris Reservoir Los Angeles Reservoir (Morris Dam) 420 acres
Munz Lakes Los Angeles Natural lake (sag pond) 8 acres
Lake Murray San Diego Reservoir (Murray Dam) 171.1 acres
Mystic Lake Riverside Natural lake 200 acres
Lake Nacimiento San Luis Obispo Reservoir (Nacimiento Dam) 5,400 acres
Lake Norconian Riverside Artificial lake 60 acres
Olivenhain Reservoir San Diego Reservoir (Olivenhain Dam) 203 acres
Pacoima Reservoir Los Angeles Reservoir (Pacoima Dam) 68 acres
Lake Palmdale Los Angeles Reservoir (Harold Reservoir Dam) 218 acres
Lake Perris Riverside Reservoir (Perris Dam) 2,340 acres
Lake Piru Ventura Reservoir (Santa Felicia Dam) 1,240 acres
Piute Ponds Los Angeles Reservoir (dike) 1,038 acres
Lake Poway San Diego Reservoir (Lake Poway Dam) 35 acres
Prado Reservoir Riverside and San Bernardino Flood-control reservoir (Prado Dam) 6,695 acres
Puddingstone Reservoir Los Angeles Reservoir (Puddingstone Dam) 490 acres
Pyramid Lake Los Angeles Reservoir (Pyramid Dam) 1,360 acres
Quail Lake Los Angeles Reservoir 120 acres
Lake Ramona San Diego Reservoir (Lake Ramona Dam) 155 acres
Salton Sea Imperial and Riverside natural basin 240,000 acres
San Gabriel Reservoir Los Angeles Reservoir (San Gabriel No 1 Dam) 560 acres
San Joaquin Reservoir Orange Reservoir (San Joaquin Reservoir Dam) 50 acres
San Vicente Reservoir San Diego Reservoir (San Vicente Dam) 1,680 acres
Santa Anita Reservoir Los Angeles Reservoir (Big Santa Anita Dam) 17 acres
Santa Fe Reservoir Los Angeles Flood-control reservoir (Santa Fe Dam) 1,079 acres
Sepulveda Flood Control Basin Los Angeles Flood-control reservoir (Sepulveda Dam) 1,340 acres
Seven Oaks Reservoir San Bernardino Flood-control reservoir (Seven Oaks Dam) 177 acres
Lake Sherwood Ventura Reservoir (Lake Sherwood Dam) 163 acres
Silver Lake Reservoir Los Angeles Reservoir (Silver Lake CA00081 Dam) 77 acres
Silverwood Lake San Bernardino Reservoir (Cedar Springs Dam) 990 acres
Skinner Reservoir Riverside Reservoir (Skinner Clearwell Dam) 1,400 acres
Stone Canyon Reservoir Los Angeles Reservoir (Stone Canyon Dam) 138 acres
Sulphur Creek Reservoir Orange Reservoir (Sulphur Creek Dam) 40 acres
Sweetwater Reservoir San Diego Reservoir (Sweetwater Main Dam) 936 acres
Toluca Lake Los Angeles Natural lake 4 acres
Lake Tuendae San Bernardino Reservoir 1.4 acres
Vail Lake Riverside Reservoir (Vail Dam) 1,078 acres
Whittier Narrows Reservoir Los Angeles Flood-control reservoir (Whittier Narrows Dam) 2,500 acres
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