Newest reservoirs in
The year that a reservoir was first filled to the reservoir’s normal elevation – or the year that a natural lake was first dammed – is the determining factor in the age of the body of water. A large reservoir can take more than a year to fill after its dam is first closed. You can find many of the the world’s newest reservoirs on LakeLubbers in the comparison table below. Many of the world’s oldest reservoirs appear on the last page of that list. Note: For some lakes, the completion year data is unknown, so you may see fewer lakes than the total 2151 articles we have published for lakes.Thinking about booking a lake vacation home rental, cabin or hotel?
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Below are lakes within Compared by newest (youngest) reservoirs and the year it was completed. This list does not represent all lakes in , only the 2151 lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Completion year |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Arlington (Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
1957 | Located between Dallas and Fort Worth, Lake Arlington does double duty for the citizens of the metro-plex. Originally planned for flood control and wa… |
| Meduxnekeag Lake (Aroostook County, ME, Maine, US New England Region, USA) |
1957 | Also known as Drews Lake, Drew's Lake For the perfect Northern Maine hideaway, there’s nothing better than Meduxnekeag Lake in Aroostook County. Also called Drew’s Lake, Meduxnekeag was cr… |
| Finger Lakes of the South (East Tennessee, Mountains Region, NC, North Carolina, Tennessee, US South Region, USA) |
1957 | Also known as Chilhowie Lake, Calderwood Lake, Cheoah Lake. Chilhowie Reservoir, Calderwood Reservoir, Cheoah Reservoir Three reservoirs on the Little Tennessee River in northwestern North Carolina and Southeastern Tennessee offer some of the most spectacular wilderness… |
| Benbrook Lake (Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
1957 | Also known as Lake Benbrook, Benbrook Reservoir Sprawled along the Clear Fork branch of the Trinity River in the Texas Prairies and Lakes region, Benbrook Lake works hard to improve the quality of l… |
| Palisades Reservoir, ID/WY (Eastern Idaho, Idaho, Southwest Wyoming, US West Region, USA, Wyoming) |
1957 | Palisades Reservoir is set in southeast Idaho, east of Idaho Falls in a beautiful river valley. The southern end of the reservoir extends into Wyoming… |
| Acton Lake (Ohio, Southwest Ohio, US Midwest Region, USA) |
1957 | Also known as Hueston Woods Lake Acton Lake, In the Southwest region of Ohio, has provided recreation opportunities to generations of visitors in the 50 years since it was created. On… |
| Loch Shin (Highlands & Moray Region, Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, United Kingdom) |
1957 | Loch Shin is a long and narrow glacial lake located in County Sutherland, part of the Scottish Highlands. This freshwater loch measures about 17.5 mil… |
| Lake Spivey, GA (Atlanta Metro Region, GA, Georgia, US South Region, USA) |
1957 | One of the most sought-after addresses in the Atlanta Metro Region is Lake Spivey. The approximately 500-acre lake east of Jonesboro originated in 195… |
| Lake Sara, IL (Central Illinois, Illinois, US Midwest Region, USA) |
1957 | Also known as Sara Reservoir Lake Sara – a refreshing oasis in central Illinois! What does a community like Effingham Illinois do when they run out of water? They build a reservoi… |
| Lake Maumelle, AR (Arkansas, Central Arkansas, US South Region, USA) |
1957 | With 70 miles of mostly wooded shoreline, Lake Maumelle is a nature lover’s paradise. Lake Maumelle is located in the Central Arkansas Region about 12… |
| Kuybyshev Reservoir, Russia (Povolzhsky Region, Russia, Russia) |
1957 | Also known as Kuybyshevskoye Reservoir, Kuibyshev Reservoir The Kuybyshev Reservoir or Kuybyshevskoye Reservoir is a 1,593,823-acre lake in the middle of the Volga and lower Kama rivers in west central (Middle… |
| Big Boulder Lake, PA (Northeastern Mountains Region, PA, Pennsylvania, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
1957 | In winter visitors to Big Boulder Lake can look across the frozen water to the ski slopes beyond. In spring and summer mountain laurel dots the shore,… |