List of lakes of Alabama

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.

See: Alabama  List of U.S. National Forests

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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.

District 1

District 2
  • Clay County Lake is a group of 3 lakes of 13-, 23-, and 38-acre (150,000 m2) lakes located 1 mile (2 km) west of Delta on Alabama Highway 47. Clay County is a prohibition or dry county.
  • DeKalb County Lake is a 120 acres (0.5 km2) lake located 1 mile (2 km) north of Sylvania off County Road 47. DeKalb County is a prohibition or dry county.

District 3

its only one

District 4
  • Chambers County Lake is a 183 acres (0.7 km2) lake located 5 miles (8 km) southeast of La Fayette on Chambers County Road 83. Chambers County Lake has a courtesy pier by the boat ramp.
  • Lee County Lake is a 130 acres (0.5 km2) lake located 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Opelika. Take Alabama Highway 169 south from I-85 then 1 mile (2 km) west on Lee County Road 146. Lee County Lake is the only lake with fishermen cabins and has a courtesy pier by the boat ramp.
  • Weiss Lake is in Cherokee County and occupies 32,000 acres (130 km2). It is known nationwide as the "Crappie Capital of the World."

District 5

District 6
  • Barbour County Lake is a 75-acre (300,000 m2) lake located 6 miles (10 km) north of Clayton off County Road 49.
  • Coffee County Lake (lake closed). Coffee County is a prohibition or dry county.
  • Crenshaw County Lake is a 53-acre (210,000 m2) lake located 5 miles (8 km) south of Luverne off U.S. Route 331.
  • Dale County Lake or Ed Lisenby Lake is a 92-acre (370,000 m2) lake located 1 mile (2 km) north of Roy Parker Road (Dale County Road 36) in Ozark.
  • Geneva County Lake consists of two lakes, 33- and 32 acres (130,000 m2) in size, located 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Enterprise off County Road 63. Geneva County is a prohibition or dry county.
  • Pike County Lake is a 45-acre (180,000 m2) lake located 5 miles (8 km) south of Troy off County Road 39.

Public reservoirs
Public Reservoirs in Alabama[2]
Reservoir Nearby Town River Basin Surface Acres Elevation MSL Maintained By
AlicevilleAlicevilleTombigbee8,300136.0Army Corps of Engineers[3]
BankheadHueytownWarrior9,200255.1Army Corps of Engineers, Alabama Power[4]
Bartlett's FerryFairfaxChattahoochee5,860521.0Georgia Power[5]
Bear Creek (Big Bear)Red BayTennessee670576.0Tennessee 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
DannellySelmaAlabama17,20080.0Army Corps of Engineers
DemopolisDemopolisTombigbee10,00073.0Army Corps of Engineers
EufaulaEufaulaChattahoochee45,180190.0Army Corps of Engineers
GainesvilleGainesvilleTombigbee6,400109.0Army Corps of Engineers
GanttAndalusiaConecuh2,747197.8Alabama 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
JordanWetumpkaCoosa6,800252.0Alabama Power[7]
LayColumbianaCoosa12,000396.0Alabama Power
Little Bear CreekRed BayTennessee1,560620.0Tennessee Valley Authority[8]
Logan MartinTalladegaCoosa15,260465.0Alabama Power
MartinAlexander CityTallapoosa39,000490.0Alabama Power
Millers Ferry{See Dannelly}AlabamaArmy Corps of Engineers
MitchellClantonCoosa5,850312.0Alabama Power
Montgomery{See Jones Bluff}AlabamaArmy Corps of Engineers
Neely Henry LakeGadsdenCoosa11,235508.0Alabama 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
ThurlowTallasseeTallapoosa585288.8Alabama 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 PointLanettChattahoochee25,864635.0Army Corps of Engineers[10]
WheelerDecaturTennessee68,300556.3Tennessee Valley Authority[11]
WilsonFlorenceTennessee15,930507.5Tennessee Valley Authority[11]
YatesTallasseeTallapoosa1,980344.0Alabama Power[9]

Other public lakes

Mobile County
Lake Coordinates
Alligator30.25°N 88.09°W / 30.25; -88.09
Big Chippewa31.03°N 87.98°W / 31.03; -87.98
Big Creek30.74°N 88.34°W / 30.74; -88.34
David31.10°N 87.97°W / 31.10; -87.97
Dead30.89°N 87.99°W / 30.89; -87.99
Duck30.78°N 88.04°W / 30.78; -88.04
Haas30.86°N 88.21°W / 30.86; -88.21
Little Chippewa31.03°N 87.97°W / 31.03; -87.97
Louts31.07°N 87.97°W / 31.07; -87.97
McLean30.64°N 88.15°W / 30.64; -88.15
Oleander30.25°N 88.08°W / 30.25; -88.08
Sheppard31.11°N 87.97°W / 31.11; -87.97
Spring30.64°N 88.38°W / 30.64; -88.38
Zedol30.99°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 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-06-05.
  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. 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. Wheeler and Wilson Reservoirs Archived 2007-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
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