Largest Reservoirs in Florida

Florida has 988 dams with recorded storage capacity. The largest is Herbert Hoover Dike - Ciz D with 8,519,000 acre-feet of maximum storage. One acre-foot equals about 326,000 gallons — enough to supply roughly two households for a year.

#	Dam	County	Max Storage (acre-ft)	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
1	Herbert Hoover Dike - Ciz D	Glades	8,519,000	35	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
2	S-65	Osceola	730,000	40	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
3	Jim Woodruff Lock And Dam	Jackson	406,200	92	Navigation	1954
4	C-43 Reservoir	Hendry	211,327	43	Other	2025
5	Harris Bayou Inlet Structure	Lake	202,247	12	Flood Risk Reduction
6	Apopka-beauclair Lock And Dam	Lake	201,632	9	Flood Risk Reduction
7	Jackson Bluff Dam	Gadsden	160,000	65	Recreation	1928
8	Moss Bluff Lock And Spillway	Marion	151,200	44	Navigation	1969
9	Orange Lake Weir	Alachua	143,771	15	Recreation
10	Kirkpatrick Dam And Rodman Reservoir	Putnam	130,000	43	Navigation	1968
11	Henry H. Buckman Lock	Putnam	130,000	54	Navigation	1971
12	Ortona Lock And Dam	Glades	100,986	38	Flood Risk Reduction	1937
13	Martin Plant Cooling Water Reservoir	Martin	95,000	34	Other	1981
14	Eugene J Burrell Lock And Dam	Lake	88,000	19	Flood Risk Reduction	1957
15	Structure 164	Osceola	84,000	54	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
16	Oxy-2-8	Hamilton	78,097	29	Other	1976
17	S-60	Osceola	73,000	23	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
18	S-58	Osceola	73,000	19	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
19	C-44 Reservoir	Martin	65,650	34	Other	2021
20	Inglis Main Dam & Spillway	Citrus	61,400	43	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
21	Inglis Bypass & Spillway	Levy	61,400	18	Other	1909
22	Structure 353	Citrus	60,000	18	Flood Risk Reduction	1962
23	Altman Bay Dam	Hamilton	56,320	27	Other	1970
24	Long Percolation Pond Dam	Hamilton	56,320	27	Other	1970
25	Sa 10 S.c.	Hamilton	56,000	50	Tailings	2005
26	S-62	Orange	56,000	19	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
27	Sfm2 Mosaic	Polk	55,000	57	Tailings	1989
28	Sc Gypsum	Hamilton	52,500	105	Other
29	Ctc Gypsum	Hamilton	52,500	105	Other
30	Do Gypsum	Hamilton	52,500	105	Tailings
31	Manatee Cooling Water Reservoir	Manatee	52,000	79	Other	1975
32	G113 Control Structure	Osceola	51,500	22	Flood Risk Reduction	1993
33	S-41	Palm Beach	50,000	26	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
34	Pol19	Polk	49,158	8	Tailings
35	G103 Control Structure	Polk	49,000	24	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
36	K-7b	Polk	48,000	6	Tailings
37	K-7	Polk	47,000	50	Tailings
38	Lake Manatee Dam	Manatee	46,600	54	Water Supply	1967
39	F3b Four Corners Mine	Manatee	45,500	68	Tailings	2005
40	C.w. "bill" Young Reservoir	Hillsborough	45,000	90	Water Supply	2005
41	Pol105	Polk	44,815	11	Tailings
42	G-90	Highlands	44,676	15	Flood Risk Reduction	1962
43	Sfm5 Mosaic	Polk	44,000	53	Tailings	2005
44	Cs-11	Polk	43,000	6	Tailings
45	Sa 8b S.c.	Hamilton	42,000	34	Tailings	1999
46	Golf Course	Citrus	41,333	13	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
47	Dead Lakes Dam	Gulf	40,600	22	Recreation	1962
48	G-119	Miami-Dade	40,000	22	Water Supply	1966
49	Structure P-8 (hamilton) Water Conservation Structure	Polk	38,280	14	Recreation
50	Swfwmd Structure P-8 (hamilton) Water Conservation	Polk	38,280	23	Flood Risk Reduction	1965

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