Name |
County(s) |
Coordinates |
Volume[n 1] (acre-feet) |
Volume (km3) |
Outflow[2][n 2] |
Dam[n 3] |
Image |
Shasta Lake |
Shasta |
40°45′15″N 122°21′13″W[3] |
4,552,000[4] |
5.615 |
Sacramento River |
Shasta Dam |
 |
Lake Oroville |
Butte |
39°32′14″N 121°29′00″W[5] |
3,537,577[6] |
4.364 |
Feather River |
Oroville Dam |
 |
Trinity Lake |
Trinity |
40°51′36″N 122°43′24″W[7] |
2,448,000[8] |
3.020 |
Trinity River |
Trinity Dam |
 |
New Melones Lake |
Tuolumne, Calaveras |
38°00′02″N 120°31′12″W[9] |
2,400,000[10] |
2.960 |
Stanislaus River |
New Melones Dam |
 |
San Luis Reservoir |
Merced |
37°04′04″N 121°07′52″W[11] |
2,041,000[12] |
2.518 |
San Luis Creek [n 4] |
San Luis Dam |
 |
Don Pedro Reservoir |
Tuolumne |
37°44′30″N 120°22′25″W[13] |
2,030,000[14] |
2.504 |
Tuolumne River |
New Don Pedro Dam |
 |
Lake Berryessa |
Napa |
38°31′53″N 122°09′49″W[15] |
1,602,000[16] |
1.976 |
Putah Creek |
Monticello Dam |
 |
Lake Almanor |
Plumas |
40°13′47″N 121°09′29″W[17] |
1,308,000[18] |
1.613 |
North Feather River |
Canyon Dam |
 |
Folsom Lake |
Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer |
38°43′26″N 121°07′03″W[19] |
1,120,200[20] |
1.382 |
American River |
Folsom Dam |
 |
Lake McClure |
Mariposa |
37°38′11″N 120°16′49″W[21] |
1,024,600[22] |
1.264 |
Merced River |
New Exchequer Dam |
 |
Pine Flat Lake |
Fresno |
36°49′57″N 119°19′33″W[23] |
1,000,000[24] |
1.233 |
Kings River |
Pine Flat Dam |
 |
New Bullards Bar Reservoir |
Yuba |
39°23′32″N 121°08′30″W[25] |
996,103[26] |
1.229 |
North Yuba River |
New Bullards Bar Dam |
 |
Diamond Valley Lake |
Riverside |
33°40′42″N 117°02′30″W[27] |
810,000[28] |
0.999 |
Domenigoni Creek [n 5] |
West Dam |
 |
Lake Tahoe[n 6] |
Placer, El Dorado, Douglas (NV) , Washoe (NV) |
39°04′59″N 120°02′03″W[29] |
732,000[30] |
0.903 |
Truckee River |
Lake Tahoe Dam |
 |
Lake Havasu |
San Bernardino, Mohave (AZ) , La Paz (AZ) |
34°23′00″N 114°14′33″W[31] |
646,200[32] |
0.797 |
Colorado River |
Parker Dam |
 |
Lake Isabella |
Kern |
35°38′47″N 118°28′56″W[33] |
568,000[34] |
0.701 |
Kern River |
Isabella Dam |
 |
Clear Lake Reservoir |
Modoc |
41°50′59″N 121°10′14″W[35] |
527,000[36] |
0.650 |
Lost River |
Clear Lake Dam |
|
Millerton Lake |
Fresno, Madera |
36°59′51″N 119°41′36″W[37] |
520,500[38] |
0.642 |
San Joaquin River |
Friant Dam |
 |
Camanche Reservoir |
San Joaquin, Amador, Calaveras |
38°13′26″N 120°58′04″W[39] |
431,000[40] |
0.532 |
Mokelumne River |
Camanche Dam |
|
Lake Sonoma |
Sonoma |
38°43′05″N 123°00′34″W[41] |
381,000[42] |
0.470 |
Dry Creek |
Warm Springs Dam |
 |
Lake Nacimiento |
San Luis Obispo |
35°44′40″N 120°54′14″W[43] |
378,480[44] |
0.467 |
Nacimiento River |
Nacimiento Dam |
 |
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir |
Tuolumne |
37°56′21″N 119°43′32″W[45] |
360,000[46] |
0.444 |
Tuolumne River |
O'Shaughnessy Dam |
 |
Lake San Antonio |
Monterey |
35°52′13″N 121°00′19″W[47] |
335,000[48] |
0.413 |
San Antonio River |
San Antonio Dam |
 |
Castaic Lake |
Los Angeles |
34°31′12″N 118°36′23″W[49] |
323,700[50] |
0.399 |
Castaic Creek [n 7] |
Castaic Dam |
 |
New Hogan Lake |
Calaveras |
38°09′03″N 120°48′47″W[51] |
317,000[52] |
0.391 |
Calaveras River |
New Hogan Dam |
 |
Prado Flood Control Basin[n 8] |
Riverside |
33°54′33″N 117°37′07″W[53] |
314,400[18] |
0.389 |
Santa Ana River |
Prado Dam |
 |
Clear Lake[n 9] |
Lake |
39°03′42″N 122°49′38″W[54] |
313,000[55] |
0.386 |
Cache Creek |
Cache Creek Dam |
 |
Indian Valley Reservoir |
Lake |
39°07′31″N 122°32′34″W[56] |
300,600[57] |
0.371 |
North Fork Cache Creek |
Indian Valley Dam |
 |
Cherry Lake |
Tuolumne |
38°00′20″N 119°54′25″W[58] |
274,300[59] |
0.338 |
Cherry Creek |
Cherry Valley Dam |
 |
Lake Casitas |
Ventura |
34°23′09″N 119°20′08″W[60] |
254,000[61] |
0.313 |
Coyote Creek [n 10] |
Casitas Dam |
 |
San Vicente Reservoir |
San Diego |
32°55′51″N 116°54′22″W[62] |
242,000[63] |
0.298 |
San Vicente Creek [n 11] |
San Vicente Dam |
 |
Whiskeytown Lake |
Shasta |
40°37′41″N 122°33′51″W[64] |
241,100[4] |
0.297 |
Clear Creek [n 12] |
Whiskeytown Dam |
 |
Union Valley Reservoir |
El Dorado |
38°52′35″N 120°24′00″W[65] |
230,000[18] |
0.284 |
Silver Creek [n 13] |
Union Valley Dam |
 |
Stampede Reservoir |
Sierra |
39°28′38″N 120°08′26″W[66] |
226,500[67] |
0.279 |
Little Truckee River |
Stampede Dam |
 |
Twitchell Reservoir |
Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo |
35°00′44″N 120°18′25″W[68] |
224,300[69] |
0.277 |
Cuyama River |
Twitchell Dam |
 |
Pardee Reservoir |
Amador, Calaveras |
38°15′27″N 120°51′01″W[70] |
209,950[71] |
0.259 |
Mokelumne River |
Pardee Dam |
|
Hell Hole Reservoir |
Placer |
39°03′33″N 120°24′35″W[72] |
208,400[73] |
0.257 |
Rubicon River |
Hell Hole Dam |
 |
Lake Cachuma |
Santa Barbara |
34°35′12″N 119°58′52″W[74] |
205,000[75] |
0.253 |
Santa Ynez River |
Bradbury Dam |
 |
New Spicer Meadow Reservoir |
Alpine, Tuolumne |
38°24′26″N 119°57′46″W[76] |
190,000[77] |
0.234 |
Highland Creek |
New Spicer Meadow Dam |
 |
Lake Kaweah |
Tulare |
36°24′19″N 118°58′22″W[78] |
185,600[79] |
0.229 |
Kaweah River |
Terminus Dam |
 |
Los Vaqueros Reservoir |
Contra Costa |
37°49′09″N 121°44′04″W |
160,000[80] |
0.197 |
Kellogg Creek |
Los Vaqueros Dam |
 |
Black Butte Lake |
Glenn, Tehama |
39°47′28″N 122°21′51″W[81] |
143,700[82] |
0.177 |
Stony Creek |
Black Butte Dam |
 |
Salt Springs Reservoir |
Amador, Calaveras |
38°29′50″N 120°10′56″W[83] |
141,900[84] |
0.175 |
Mokelumne River |
Salt Springs Dam |
|
French Meadows Reservoir |
Placer |
39°06′53″N 120°26′23″W[85] |
136,400[86] |
0.168 |
Middle Fork American River |
L.L. Anderson Dam |
|
Shaver Lake |
Fresno |
37°07′33″N 119°17′26″W[87] |
135,283[88] |
0.167 |
Stevenson Creek |
Shaver Lake Dam |
 |
Lake Perris |
Riverside |
33°51′21″N 117°10′36″W[89] |
131,452[90] |
0.162 |
N/A |
Perris Dam |
|
Lake Thomas A. Edison |
Fresno |
37°22′58″N 118°58′34″W[91] |
125,000[92] |
0.154 |
Mono Creek |
Vermilion Valley Dam |
 |
Courtright Reservoir |
Fresno |
37°06′10″N 118°58′32″W[93] |
123,300[94] |
0.152 |
Helms Creek |
Courtright Dam |
 |
Mammoth Pool Reservoir |
Fresno |
37°19′50″N 119°19′15″W[95] |
123,000[96] |
0.152 |
San Joaquin River |
Mammoth Pool Dam |
 |
Lake Mendocino |
Mendocino |
39°12′56″N 123°10′24″W[97] |
122,400[98] |
0.151 |
Russian River |
Coyote Valley Dam |
 |
Wishon Reservoir |
Fresno |
37°01′04″N 118°57′47″W[99] |
118,000[100] |
0.146 |
North Fork Kings River |
Wishon Dam |
|
Camp Far West Reservoir |
Yuba |
39°01′54″N 121°17′12″W[101] |
104,500[102] |
0.129 |
Bear River |
Camp Far West Dam |
 |
Bucks Lake |
Plumas |
39°52′56″N 121°09′52″W[103] |
103,000[104] |
0.127 |
Bucks Creek |
Bucks Storage Dam |
 |
Calaveras Reservoir |
Alameda, Santa Clara |
37°28′29″N 121°49′10″W[105] |
100,000[106] |
0.123 |
Calaveras Creek |
Calaveras Dam |
 |