Largest lakes & reservoirs in Los Angeles County, CA by acres
There is no widely-accepted minimum surface area that defines a lake. What LakeLubbers describes as a lake, you might call a pond. Acreage of a lake (or sometimes square kilometers) is most often measured at the top surface area when the lake is at normal elevation. The surface area can be considerably smaller or larger when lake levels are lower or higher than normal. North America’s Lake Superior is the world’s largest freshwater lake by this measure.The other measure of a lake’s size is the lake’s water volume. By that measure, the world’s largest freshwater lake is Lake Baikal in Siberia.
You can find many of the world’s largest lakes (acres) on LakeLubbers in the comparison table below. Note: For some lakes, "Largest Lakes - Acres" data is unknown or does not apply, so you may see fewer lakes than the total 3 articles we have published for Los Angeles County, CA lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US West Region > California > Los Angeles County, CA > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in Los Angeles County, CA, only the 3 Los Angeles County, CA lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Surface area in acres |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Castaic Lake, CA (California, Los Angeles County, CA, US West Region, USA) |
2,427 ac | Also known as Lake Castaic Almost every lake promises something for everyone, but Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County, California delivers. With separate sections of its 2,427 ac… |
| Littlerock Reservoir (California, Los Angeles County, CA, US West Region, USA) |
150 ac | Also known as Littlerock Lake, Little Rock Reservoir, Little Rock Lake Littlerock Reservoir is a man-made water storage system located in Los Angeles County, California, southeast of Palmdale and about three miles southwe… |
| Crystal Lake CA (California, Los Angeles County, CA, US West Region, USA) |
5 ac | Also known as Sycamore Lake Found in the San Gabriel Mountains of southern California, Crystal Lake is a lake in transition. Since the 1860s there are records of fires, floods an… |