List of lakes of Alabama

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The qualifications for this List of Alabama lakes is that the lake contains sports fish, is open to the public and is managed by Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or other state or federal agencies. Swimming and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.

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Alabama State public fishing

The Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, manages 23 public lakes in 20 counties throughout the state. [1] These lakes range in size from 13 to 184 acres (0.7 km2) for a total of 1,912 acres (8 km2). Since the program was initiated in the late 1940s, its purpose has remained unchanged: provide quality fishing at an affordable price in areas of Alabama that lack sufficient natural waters to meet the needs of the public. All lakes were originally stocked with largemouth bass, bluegill (bream), redear sunfish (shellcracker), and channel catfish. White crappie and black crappie have become established in many lakes. Channel catfish are stocked in every lake during the fall. Hybrid striped bass and rainbow trout are stocked annually in designated lakes.

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District 2

District 3

its only one

District 4

District 5

District 6

Public reservoirs

Public Reservoirs in Alabama [2]
ReservoirNearby TownRiver BasinSurface AcresElevation MSL Maintained By
Aliceville Aliceville Tombigbee 8,300136.0 Army Corps of Engineers [3]
Bankhead Hueytown Warrior9,200255.1Army Corps of Engineers, Alabama Power [4]
Bartlett's FerryFairfaxChattahoochee5,860521.0 Georgia Power [5]
Bear Creek (Big Bear) Red Bay Tennessee 670576.0 Tennessee Valley Authority [6]
Big CreekMobileEscatawpa3,600110.0City of Mobile, Alabama
Cedar CreekRussellvilleTennessee4,200580.0Tennessee Valley Authority
ClaiborneMonroevilleAlabama5,93035.0Army Corps of Engineers
CoffeevilleJacksonTombigbee8,50032.5Army Corps of Engineers
ColumbiaColumbiaChattahoochee1,540102.0
Dannelly SelmaAlabama17,20080.0Army Corps of Engineers
DemopolisDemopolisTombigbee10,00073.0Army Corps of Engineers
Eufaula EufaulaChattahoochee45,180190.0Army Corps of Engineers
GainesvilleGainesvilleTombigbee6,400109.0Army Corps of Engineers
GanttAndalusiaConecuh2,747197.8 Alabama Electric Cooperative
Goat RockPhenix CityChattahoochee1,000Georgia Power
GuntersvilleGuntersvilleTennessee69,100595.0Tennessee Valley Authority
HoltTuscaloosaWarrior3,29687.0Army Corps of Engineers
InlandOneontaWarrior {Blackburn}1,536770.0Birmingham Water Board
Jones BluffMontgomeryAlabama12,510125.0Army Corps of Engineers
Jordan Wetumpka Coosa 6,800252.0Alabama Power [7]
LayColumbianaCoosa12,000396.0Alabama Power
Little Bear CreekRed BayTennessee1,560620.0Tennessee Valley Authority [8]
Logan MartinTalladegaCoosa15,260465.0Alabama Power
Martin Alexander City Tallapoosa 39,000490.0Alabama Power
Millers Ferry{See Dannelly}AlabamaArmy Corps of Engineers
MitchellClantonCoosa5,850312.0Alabama Power
Montgomery{See Jones Bluff}AlabamaArmy Corps of Engineers
Neely Henry Lake GadsdenCoosa11,235508.0Alabama Power
OliverPhenix CityChattahoochee3,000
OliverTuscaloosaWarrior2,220149.0Army Corps of Engineers
Opelika CityOpelikaTallapoosa565
PickwickFlorenceTennessee41,515418.0Tennessee Valley Authority
Point AAndalusiaConecuh700169.7Alabama Electric Cooperative
PurdyBirminghamCahaba1,050551.0Birmingham Water Board
R. L. HarrisWedoweeTallapoosa10,661793.0Alabama Power
R E 'Bob' Woodruff{See Jones Bluff}AlabamaArmy Corps of Engineers
ShelbyGulf ShoresGulf of Mexico862
SmithCullman, Jasper, & WinstonWarrior {Sipsey}21,200510.0Alabama Power
TholloccoOzarkChoctawhatchee604
Thurlow Tallassee Tallapoosa585288.8Alabama Power [9]
TuscaloosaTuscaloosaWarrior {North Branch}5,885223.2City of Tuscaloosa
Upper Bear CreekHaleyvilleTennessee1,850797.0Tennessee Valley Authority
WarriorEutawWarrior9, 10096.0Army Corps of Engineers
Wedowee{See R L Harris}TallapoosaAlabama Power
WeissCentreCoosa30,200564.0Alabama Power
West Point LanettChattahoochee25,864635.0Army Corps of Engineers [10]
Wheeler DecaturTennessee68,300556.3Tennessee Valley Authority [11]
Wilson Florence Tennessee15,930507.5Tennessee Valley Authority [11]
YatesTallasseeTallapoosa1,980344.0Alabama Power [9]

Other public lakes

Mobile County

LakeCoordinates
Alligator 30°15′N88°05′W / 30.25°N 88.09°W / 30.25; -88.09
Big Chippewa 31°02′N87°59′W / 31.03°N 87.98°W / 31.03; -87.98
Big Creek 30°44′N88°20′W / 30.74°N 88.34°W / 30.74; -88.34
David 31°06′N87°58′W / 31.10°N 87.97°W / 31.10; -87.97
Dead 30°53′N87°59′W / 30.89°N 87.99°W / 30.89; -87.99
Duck 30°47′N88°02′W / 30.78°N 88.04°W / 30.78; -88.04
Haas 30°52′N88°13′W / 30.86°N 88.21°W / 30.86; -88.21
Little Chippewa 31°02′N87°58′W / 31.03°N 87.97°W / 31.03; -87.97
Louts 31°04′N87°58′W / 31.07°N 87.97°W / 31.07; -87.97
McLean 30°38′N88°09′W / 30.64°N 88.15°W / 30.64; -88.15
Oleander 30°15′N88°05′W / 30.25°N 88.08°W / 30.25; -88.08
Sheppard 31°07′N87°58′W / 31.11°N 87.97°W / 31.11; -87.97
Spring 30°38′N88°23′W / 30.64°N 88.38°W / 30.64; -88.38
Zedol 30°59′N87°58′W / 30.99°N 87.97°W / 30.99; -87.97

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Official Web site of Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Archived 2006-12-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Official Web site of Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Archived 2007-06-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Aliceville Reservoir Archived 2007-04-28 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Bankhead Lake". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved June 5, 2007.
  5. ↑ Bartlett's Ferry Reservoir Archived 2007-04-28 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Bear Creek Reservoir
  7. ↑ Lake Jordan Archived 2007-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ Little Bear Creek Reservoir
  9. 1 2 Thurlow and Yates Reservoirs Archived 2007-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ West Point Lake Archived 2007-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
  11. 1 2 Wheeler and Wilson Reservoirs Archived 2007-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
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