List of lakes of California
There are more than 3,000 named lakes, reservoirs, and dry lakes in the U.S. state of California.
Largest lakes
In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline. It occupies in the southeast corner of the state, but because it is shallow it only holds about of water. Tulare Lake in the San Joaquin Valley was larger, at approximately, until it was drained during the later years of the nineteenth century.In terms of volume, the largest lake on the list is Lake Tahoe, located on the California-Nevada border. It holds roughly of water. It is also the largest freshwater lake by area, at, and the deepest lake, with a maximum depth of.
Among freshwater lakes entirely contained within the state, the largest by area is Clear Lake, which covers.
Many of California's large lakes are actually reservoirs: artificial bodies of fresh water. In terms of both area and volume, the largest of these is Lake Shasta, which formed behind Shasta Dam in the 1940s. The dam can impound of water over.
Lake Elsinore, which covers, is billed as the largest natural freshwater lake in Southern California.
List
The list is alphabetized by the name of the lake, with the words lake, of, and the ignored. To sort on a different column, click on the arrows in the header row.Geographic coordinates, approximate elevations, alternative names, and other details may be obtained by following the Geographic Names Information System links in the third column.
Note: Lakes grow and shrink due to precipitation, evaporation, releases, and diversions.
For this reason, many of the surface areas tabulated below are very approximate.
For reservoirs, the areas at maximum water storage are indicated. Reservoirs used for flood control are seldom allowed to reach maximum storage.
| Name | California county | GNIS id | Type | Surface area |
| Abbotts Lagoon | Marin | natural lake | ||
| Almaden Reservoir | Santa Clara | reservoir | ||
| Plumas | reservoir | |||
| El Dorado | reservoir | |||
| Alpine | reservoir | |||
| Alpine Lake | Marin | reservoir | ||
| Amador | reservoir | |||
| Anderson Lake | Santa Clara | reservoir | ||
| Angora Lakes | El Dorado | natural lakes | ||
| Antelope Lake | Plumas | reservoir | ||
| Antonelli Pond | Santa Cruz | reservoir | ||
| Contra Costa | reservoir | |||
| San Bernardino | reservoir | |||
| Atascadero Lake | San Luis Obispo | reservoir | ||
| Tuolumne County | lake | |||
| Badwater Basin | Inyo | natural dry lake | ||
| Baker Lake | Shasta | natural lake | ||
| Los Angeles | ||||
| Baldwin Hills Reservoir | Los Angeles | former reservoir breached in 1963 | ||
| Baldwin Lake | Los Angeles | natural lake | ||
| Baldwin Lake | San Bernardino | natural intermittent lake | ||
| Balsam Forebay | Fresno | reservoir | ||
| Barker Reservoir | Riverside | reservoir | ||
| Bass Lake | Madera | reservoir | ||
| Bass Lake | Marin | natural lake | ||
| Bear Gulch Reservoir | San Mateo | reservoir | ||
| Bear River Reservoir | Amador | reservoir | ||
| Beardsley Lake | Tuolumne | reservoir | ||
| Belvedere Lagoon | Marin | artificial lagoon | ||
| Napa | reservoir | |||
| Bethany Reservoir | Alameda | reservoir | ||
| Beyers Lakes | Nevada | natural lakes | ||
| Bicycle Lake | San Bernardino | natural dry lake | ||
| Big Bear Lake | San Bernardino | reservoir | ||
| Big Dry Creek Reservoir | Fresno | reservoir | ||
| Big Sage Reservoir | Modoc | reservoir | ||
| Big Tujunga Reservoir | Los Angeles | reservoir | ||
| Black Butte Lake | reservoir | |||
| Boca Reservoir | Nevada | reservoir | ||
| Bon Tempe Lake | Marin | reservoir | ||
| Bouquet Reservoir | Los Angeles | reservoir | ||
| Bowman Lake | Nevada | reservoir | ||
| Brea Reservoir | Orange | reservoir | ||
| Brickyard Cove Pond | Contra Costa | flooded quarry | ||
| Bridgeport Reservoir | Mono | reservoir | ||
| Briones Reservoir | Contra Costa | reservoir | ||
| Bristol Lake | San Bernardino | natural dry lake | ||
| Shasta | reservoir | |||
| Broadwell Lake | San Bernardino | natural dry lake | ||
| Brock Reservoir | Imperial | reservoir | ||
| Brush Creek Reservoir | El Dorado | reservoir | ||
| Bucks Lake | Plumas | reservoir | ||
| Buena Vista Lake | Kern | former natural lake drained in the mid 20th century | ||
| Butt Valley Reservoir | Plumas | reservoir | ||
| Butte Lake | Lassen | natural lake | ||
| Santa Barbara | reservoir | |||
| Calaveras Reservoir | reservoir | |||
| Calero Reservoir | Santa Clara | reservoir | ||
| Lake Calero | Sacramento | reservoir | ||
| Camanche Reservoir | reservoir | |||
| Camp Far West Reservoir | reservoir | |||
| Camp Lake | Tuolumne | natural lake | ||
| Canyon Lake | Riverside | reservoir | ||
| Caples Lake | Alpine | reservoir | ||
| Carbon Canyon Reservoir | Orange | reservoir | ||
| Ventura | reservoir | |||
| Castaic Lake | Los Angeles | reservoir | ||
| Castac Lake | Kern | natural lake | ||
| Castle Lake | Siskiyou | natural lake | ||
| Cathedral Lakes | Mariposa | natural lakes | ||
| Cedar Lake | San Bernardino | reservoir | ||
| Alameda | reservoir | |||
| Charlotte Lake | Fresno | natural lake | ||
| Cherry Lake | Tuolumne | reservoir | ||
| Chesbro Reservoir | Santa Clara | reservoir | ||
| Clear Lake | Lake | natural lake raised by Cache Creek Dam | ||
| Clear Lake Reservoir | Modoc | reservoir | ||
| Placer | reservoir | |||
| Clifton Court Forebay | Contra Costa | reservoir | ||
| Cogswell Reservoir | Los Angeles | reservoir | ||
| Collins Lake | Yuba | reservoir | ||
| Concow Reservoir | Butte | reservoir | ||
| Contra Loma Reservoir | Contra Costa | reservoir | ||
| Convict Lake | Mono | natural lake | ||
| Copco Lake | Siskiyou | Natural lake, former name Lake Klamea name changed when dam was built | ||
| Courtright Reservoir | Fresno | reservoir | ||
| Coyote Lake | San Bernardino | natural dry lake | ||
| Coyote Lake | Santa Clara | reservoir | ||
| Crowley Lake | Mono | reservoir | ||
| Crystal Lake | Los Angeles | natural lake | ||
| Crystal Springs Reservoir | San Mateo | and | reservoirs | |
| Cuddeback Lake | San Bernardino | natural dry lake | ||
| Santa Clara | reservoir | |||
| Lake Cuyamaca | San Diego | reservoir | ||
| Danby Lake | San Bernardino | natural dry lake | ||
| Plumas | reservoir | |||
| Lake De Sabla | Butte | reservoir | ||
| Deep Lake | Siskiyou | natural lake | ||
| Alameda | reservoir | |||
| Diamond Valley Lake | Riverside | reservoir | ||
| Diaz Lake | Inyo | |||
| Dingleberry Lake | Inyo | natural lake | ||
| Dog Lake | Tuolumne | natural lake | ||
| Dorris Reservoir | Modoc | reservoir | ||
| Dixon Lake | San Diego | reservoir | ||
| Dodge Reservoir | Lassen | reservoir | ||
| Don Pedro Reservoir | Tuolumne | reservoir | ||
| Donnell Lake | Tuolumne | reservoir | ||
| Donner Lake | Nevada | natural lake raised by Donner Lake Dam | ||
| Duvall Lake | Napa | reservoir | ||
| Eagle Lake | El Dorado | natural lake | ||
| Eagle Lake | Lassen | natural lake | ||
| Eagle Lake | Tulare | natural lake | ||
| Del Norte | natural lagoon | |||
| East Park Reservoir | Colusa | reservoir | ||
| Eastman Lake | reservoir | |||
| Eaton Wash Reservoir | Los Angeles | flood-control reservoir | ||
| Echo Lake | El Dorado | and | natural lakes raised by Echo Lake Dam | |
| Ediza Lake | Madera | natural lake | ||
| El Capitan Reservoir | San Diego | reservoir | ||
| Monterey | natural lake | |||
| El Mirage Lake | San Bernardino | natural dry lake | ||
| Contra Costa | ||||
| Elderberry Forebay | Los Angeles | reservoir | ||
| Tuolumne | reservoir | |||
| Ventura | reservoir | |||
| Alameda | reservoir | |||
| Elizabeth Lake | Los Angeles | natural lake | ||
| Ellis Lake | Yuba | |||
| Riverside | natural lake | |||
| Santa Clara | reservoir | |||
| Emerald Lake | Shasta | natural lake | ||
| Emerald Lake | Trinity | natural lake | ||
| Emerald Pool | Mariposa | natural lake | ||
| Emerson Lake | San Bernardino | natural dry lake | ||
| Encino Reservoir | Los Angeles | reservoir | ||
| Englebright Lake | reservoir | |||
| Kern | ||||
| Fallen Leaf Lake | El Dorado | Natural lake Fallen Leaf Dam raised level | ||
| Farmington Flood Control Basin | flood-control reservoir | |||
| Flora Lake | Tuolumne | natural lake | ||
| Florence Lake | Fresno | reservoir | ||
| Folsom Lake | reservoir | |||
| Foster Lake | Riverside | reservoir | ||
| Fountaingrove Lake | Sonoma | reservoir | ||
| Fowler Lake | Plumas | natural lake | ||
| Francis Lake | El Dorado | natural lake | ||
| French Lake Reservoir | Nevada | reservoir | ||
| French Meadows Reservoir | Placer | reservoir | ||
| Frenchman Lake | Plumas | reservoir | ||
| Lake Fulmor | Riverside | reservoir | ||
| Gibraltar Reservoir | Santa Barbara | reservoir | ||
| Gilmore Lake | El Dorado | natural lake | ||
| Goldstone Lake | San Bernardino | natural dry lake | ||
| Goose Lake | Modoc | natural intermittent lake | ||
| Grant Lake | Mono | reservoir | ||
| Green Valley Lake | San Bernardino | reservoir | ||
| San Bernardino | reservoir | |||
| Grizzly Lake | Plumas | natural lake | ||
| Grizzly Forebay | Plumas | reservoir | ||
| Guadalupe Reservoir | Santa Clara | reservoir | ||
| Hansen Flood Control Basin | Los Angeles | flood-control reservoir | ||
| Harper Lake | San Bernardino | natural lake | ||
| San Bernardino | reservoir | |||
| Shasta | natural lake | |||
| Hell Hole Reservoir | Placer | and | reservoir | |
| Riverside | reservoir | |||
| Napa | reservoir | |||
| San Diego | reservoir | |||
| Hensley Lake | Madera | reservoir | ||
| Hernandez Reservoir | San Benito | reservoir | ||
| Hesperia Lake | San Bernardino | |||
| Hetch Hetchy Reservoir | Tuolumne | reservoir | ||
| Hidden Valley Lake | Lake | reservoir | ||
| Hilltop Lake | Contra Costa | |||
| San Diego | reservoir | |||
| Hog Flat Reservoir | Lassen | reservoir | ||
| Hollywood Reservoir | Los Angeles | reservoir | ||
| Honey Lake | Lassen | natural lake | ||
| Horseshoe Lake | Shasta | natural lake | ||
| Horseshoe Lake | Alameda | flooded quarry | ||
| Howard Lake | Mendocino | natural lake | ||
| Howard Lake | Mendocino | natural lake | ||
| Hughes Lake | Los Angeles | natural lake | ||
| Hume Lake | Fresno | reservoir | ||
| Huntington Lake | Fresno | reservoir | ||
| Sonoma | reservoir | |||
| Imperial Reservoir | Imperial | reservoir | ||
| Indian Tom Lake | Siskiyou | |||
| Indian Valley Reservoir | Lake | reservoir | ||
| Iron Canyon Reservoir | Shasta | reservoir | ||
| Iron Gate Reservoir | Siskiyou | reservoir | ||
| Orange | reservoir | |||
| Isabella Lake | Kern | reservoir | ||
| Ivanhoe Reservoir | Los Angeles | reservoir | ||
| Ivanpah Lake | San Bernardino | natural dry lake | ||
| Jackson Meadows Reservoir | reservoir | |||
| Jenkinson Lake | El Dorado | reservoir | ||
| Jenks Lake | San Bernardino | reservoir | ||
| San Diego | reservoir | |||
| Jewel Lake | Contra Costa | reservoir | ||
| June Lake | Mono | natural lake | ||
| Juniper Lake | natural lake | |||
| Kangaroo Lake | Siskiyou County | natural lake | ||
| Tulare | reservoir | |||
| Kent Lake | Marin | and | reservoir | |
| Kern Lake | Kern | former natural lake drained in the 19th century | ||
| Kesterson Reservoir | Merced | former drainage reservoirs now wetlands | ||
| Keswick Reservoir | Shasta | reservoir | ||
| Kibbie Lake | Tuolumne | natural lake | ||
| Koehn Lake | Kern | natural dry lake | ||
| La Grange Reservoir | reservoir | |||
| Lafayette Reservoir | Contra Costa | reservoir | ||
| Lago Los Osos | Alameda | flooded quarry | ||
| Laguna Blanca | Santa Barbara | natural lake | ||
| Laguna Honda Reservoir | San Francisco | reservoir | ||
| Laguna Lake | natural intermittent lake | |||
| Laguna Lakes | Orange | natural lakes | ||
| Laguna Seca | Santa Clara | former natural lake | ||
| Santa Clara | reservoir | |||
| Marin | reservoir | |||
| Lassen | reservoir | |||
| Lee Lake | Riverside | reservoir | ||
| Lewiston Lake | Trinity | reservoir | ||
| Lexington Reservoir | Santa Clara | reservoir | ||
| Lincoln Park Lake | Los Angeles | |||
| Little Grass Valley Reservoir | Plumas | reservoir | ||
| Lloyd Lake | San Francisco | |||
| Loch Leven | Inyo | natural lake | ||
| Loch Leven Lakes | Placer | natural lakes | ||
| Loch Lomond | Santa Cruz | reservoir | ||
| Fresno | natural lake | |||
| Loon Lake | El Dorado | natural lake raised by Loon Lake Dam | ||
| Lopez Lake | San Luis Obispo | reservoir | ||
| Los Vaqueros Reservoir | Contra Costa | reservoir | ||
| Lost Lake | El Dorado | natural lake | ||
| Lost Lake | Riverside | natural lake | ||
| San Diego | reservoir | |||
| Lower Bear Reservoir | Amador | reservoir | ||
| Lower Klamath Lake | Siskiyou | natural lake | ||
| Lower Otay Reservoir | San Diego | reservoir | ||
| Lucerne Lake | San Bernardino | natural dry lake | ||
| Lyons Reservoir | Tuolumne | reservoir | ||
| Magalia Reservoir | Butte | reservoir | ||
| Malibu Lake | Los Angeles | reservoir | ||
| Malibu Reservoir | Los Angeles | reservoir | ||
| Mammoth Pool Reservoir | reservoir | |||
| San Bernardino | former natural lake | |||
| Inyo | former natural lake | |||
| Manzanita Lake | Shasta | natural lake | ||
| Martha Lake | Fresno | natural lake | ||
| Martis Creek Lake | Nevada | reservoir | ||
| Mary Lake | Shasta | reservoir | ||
| Riverside | reservoir | |||
| May Lake | Mariposa | natural lake | ||
| reservoir | ||||
| Mariposa | reservoir | |||
| McCoy Flat Reservoir | Lassen | reservoir | ||
| McKay's Point Reservoir | Calaveras | reservoir | ||
| Meiss Lake | Siskiyou | natural lake | ||
| Mendocino | reservoir | |||
| San Francisco | natural lake | |||
| Alameda | natural inlet dammed in the 1860s | |||
| Miller/Knox Lagoon | Contra Costa | flooded quarries | ||
| Millerton Lake | reservoir | |||
| Mills Lake | Inyo | natural lake | ||
| Minaret Lake | Madera | natural lake | ||
| Kern | reservoir | |||
| Miramar Reservoir | San Diego | reservoir | ||
| Mirror Lake | Mariposa | natural lake | ||
| Orange | reservoir | |||
| Modesto Reservoir | Stanislaus | reservoir | ||
| San Bernardino | former natural lake | |||
| Moon Lake | Lassen | reservoir | ||
| Mono Lake | Mono | natural lake | ||
| Morena Reservoir | San Diego | reservoir | ||
| Morris Reservoir | Los Angeles | reservoir | ||
| Mountain Meadows Reservoir | Lassen | reservoir | ||
| Mud Lake | ||||
| Munz Lakes | Los Angeles | natural lake | ||
| Murphy Lake | Plumas | natural lake | ||
| Murphy Lake | Sutter | former natural lake | ||
| San Diego | reservoir | |||
| Mystic Lake | Riverside | natural lake | ||
| San Luis Obispo | reservoir | |||
| Naraghi Lake | Stanislaus | reservoir | ||
| Sacramento | reservoir | |||
| Nelson Lake | San Bernardino | natural dry lake | ||
| New Bullards Bar Reservoir | Yuba | reservoir | ||
| New Hogan Lake | Calaveras | reservoir | ||
| New Melones Lake | reservoir | |||
| New Spicer Meadow Reservoir | Tuolumne | reservoir | ||
| Nicasio Reservoir | Marin | reservoir | ||
| Riverside | artificial lake | |||
| Olivenhain Reservoir | San Diego | reservoir | ||
| O'Neill Forebay | Merced | reservoir | ||
| Butte | reservoir | |||
| Ostrander Lake | Mariposa | natural lake | ||
| Owens Lake | Inyo | natural dry lake | ||
| Pacheco Reservoir | Santa Clara | reservoir | ||
| Pacoima Reservoir | Los Angeles | and | reservoir | |
| Los Angeles | reservoir | |||
| Paradise Lake | Butte | reservoir | ||
| Pardee Reservoir | reservoir | |||
| Peeler Lake | Mono | natural lake | ||
| Pee Wee Lake | Inyo | natural lake | ||
| Riverside | reservoir | |||
| Petaluma Reservoir | Sonoma | reservoir | ||
| Philbrook Reservoir | Butte | reservoir | ||
| Lake | reservoir | |||
| Pine Flat Lake | Fresno | reservoir | ||
| Pinecrest Lake | Tuolumne | reservoir | ||
| Ventura | reservoir | |||
| Pit Six Reservoir | Shasta | reservoir | ||
| Pit 7 Reservoir | Shasta | reservoir | ||
| Piute Ponds | Los Angeles | reservoir | ||
| Point Potrero Pond | Contra Costa | flooded quarry | ||
| San Diego | reservoir | |||
| Prado Reservoir | flood-control reservoir | |||
| Prosser Creek Reservoir | Nevada | reservoir | ||
| Puddingstone Reservoir | Los Angeles | reservoir | ||
| Pyramid Lake | Los Angeles | reservoir | ||
| Pyramid Lake | El Dorado | natural lake | ||
| Quail Lake | Los Angeles | reservoir | ||
| Rae Lakes | Fresno | natural lakes | ||
| Rainbow Lake | Alameda | flooded quarry | ||
| Raker and Thomas Reservoirs | Modoc | reservoirs | ||
| Sonoma | reservoir | |||
| San Diego | reservoir | |||
| Rancho Seco Lake | Sacramento | reservoir | ||
| Rector Reservoir | Napa | reservoir | ||
| Red Pass Lake | San Bernardino | natural dry lake | ||
| Redinger Lake | reservoir | |||
| Roberts Lake | Sonoma | reservoir | ||
| Rodeo Lagoon | Marin | natural lake | ||
| Rogers Dry Lake | Kern | natural dry lake | ||
| Rogers Lake | Plumas | natural lake | ||
| Rosamond Lake | natural dry lake | |||
| Ruth Reservoir | Trinity | reservoir | ||
| Inyo | reservoir | |||
| Salt Spring Valley Reservoir | Calaveras | reservoir | ||
| Salt Springs Reservoir | reservoir | |||
| Salton Sea | natural basin flooded since 1905 | |||
| San Andreas Lake | San Mateo | reservoir | ||
| reservoir | ||||
| San Antonio Reservoir | Alameda | reservoir | ||
| San Antonio Reservoir | San Bernardino | reservoir | ||
| San Gabriel Reservoir | Los Angeles | reservoir | ||
| San Joaquin Reservoir | Orange | reservoir | ||
| San Justo Reservoir | San Benito | reservoir | ||
| San Luis Reservoir | Merced | reservoir | ||
| San Pablo Reservoir | Contra Costa | reservoir | ||
| San Vicente Reservoir | San Diego | reservoir | ||
| Santa Anita Reservoir | Los Angeles | reservoir | ||
| Santa Fe Reservoir | Los Angeles | flood-control reservoir | ||
| Santa Margarita Lake | San Luis Obispo | reservoir | ||
| Santa Rosa Creek Reservoir | Sonoma | reservoir | ||
| Sapphire Lake | Trinity | natural lake | ||
| Scotts Flat Reservoir | Nevada | reservoir | ||
| Searles Lake | San Bernardino | natural dry lake | ||
| Searsville Lake | San Mateo | reservoir | ||
| Sepulveda Flood Control Basin | Los Angeles | flood-control reservoir | ||
| Serene Lakes | Placer | natural lake | ||
| Seven Oaks Reservoir | San Bernardino | flood-control reservoir | ||
| Shasta | reservoir | |||
| Siskiyou | reservoir | |||
| Shaver Lake | Fresno | reservoir | ||
| Ventura | reservoir | |||
| Shinn Pond | Alameda | flooded quarry | ||
| Silver Lake | Amador | reservoir | ||
| Silver Lake Reservoir | Los Angeles | reservoir | ||
| Silver Lake | San Bernardino | natural dry lake | ||
| Silverwood Lake | San Bernardino | reservoir | ||
| Siskiyou | reservoir | |||
| Skinner Reservoir | Riverside | reservoir | ||
| Slab Creek Reservoir | El Dorado | reservoir | ||
| Sly Creek Reservoir | Butte | reservoir | ||
| Smith Lake | Plumas | natural lake | ||
| Snag Lake | Lassen | natural lake | ||
| Snake Lake | Plumas | natural lake | ||
| Soda Lake | San Bernardino | natural dry lake | ||
| Soda Lake | San Luis Obispo | natural alkali lake | ||
| Sonoma | reservoir | |||
| Nevada | reservoir | |||
| Spreckels Lake | San Francisco | reservoir | ||
| Spring Creek Reservoir | Shasta | reservoir | ||
| Square Lake | Tehama | natural lake | ||
| Squaw Lake | Fresno | natural lake | ||
| Stafford Lake | Marin | reservoir | ||
| Stampede Reservoir | Sierra | reservoir | ||
| Stanford Lake | Mono | natural lake | ||
| Statue Lake | Siskiyou | natural lake | ||
| Stevens Creek Reservoir | Santa Clara | reservoir | ||
| Stone Canyon Reservoir | Los Angeles | reservoir | ||
| Stony Gorge Reservoir | Glenn | reservoir | ||
| Tulare | reservoir | |||
| Sugar Pine Reservoir | Placer | reservoir | ||
| Sulphur Creek Reservoir | Orange | reservoir | ||
| Summit Lake | Shasta | natural lake | ||
| Sunset Reservoir | San Francisco | reservoir | ||
| Superior Lake | San Bernardino | natural dry lake | ||
| Sonoma | reservoir | |||
| Sweetwater Reservoir | San Diego | reservoir | ||
| natural lake raised by Lake Tahoe Dam | ||||
| Alameda | reservoir | |||
| Tenaya Lake | Mariposa | natural lake | ||
| Thermalito Afterbay | Butte | reservoir | ||
| Thermalito Forebay | Butte | reservoir | ||
| Fresno | reservoir | |||
| Thousand Island Lake | Madera | natural lake | ||
| Three Lakes | Plumas | reservoir | ||
| Timber Lake | Lake | natural lake | ||
| Tinemaha Reservoir | Inyo | reservoir | ||
| Tioga Lake | Mono | reservoir | ||
| Tolay Lake | Sonoma | natural lake partly drained in the 19th century | ||
| Toluca Lake | Los Angeles | natural lake | ||
| Topaz Lake | Mono | natural lake raised by diversions and levees | ||
| Trinity Lake | Trinity | reservoir | ||
| San Bernardino | reservoir | |||
| Tulare Lake | Kings | former natural lake drained in the late 19th century | ||
| Tule Lake | natural intermittent lake | |||
| Tulloch Reservoir | Calaveras | reservoir | ||
| Turlock Lake | Stanislaus | reservoir | ||
| Twain Harte Lake | Tuolumne | reservoir | ||
| Twin Lakes | Mono | natural lakes | ||
| Twitchell Reservoir | reservoir | |||
| Ukonom Lake | Siskiyou | reservoir | ||
| Union Valley Reservoir | El Dorado | reservoir | ||
| Uvas Reservoir | Santa Clara | reservoir | ||
| Vail Lake | Riverside | reservoir | ||
| Mendocino | reservoir | |||
| Vasona Reservoir | Santa Clara | reservoir | ||
| Tuolumne | natural lake | |||
| Fresno | natural lake | |||
| Virginia Lakes | Mono | natural lakes | ||
| Waca Lake | El Dorado | natural lake | ||
| Kern | ||||
| West Valley Reservoir | reservoir | |||
| Whale Rock Reservoir | San Luis Obispo | reservoir | ||
| Whiskeytown Lake | Shasta | reservoir | ||
| Whitfield Reservoir | Alameda | reservoir | ||
| Whittier Narrows Reservoir | Los Angeles | flood-control reservoir | ||
| Fresno | reservoir | |||
| San Diego | reservoir | |||
| El Dorado | natural lake | |||
| Woodward Reservoir | Stanislaus | reservoir | ||
| Wrights Lake | El Dorado | natural lake | ||
| Merced | reservoir |