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Fresno County417 lakes Siskiyou County276 lakes Mono County185 lakes Tuolumne County175 lakes Inyo County166 lakes El Dorado County146 lakes Madera County138 lakes Lassen County113 lakes Modoc County110 lakes Trinity County110 lakes Shasta County103 lakes San Bernardino County100 lakes

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Alameda County24 lakes Alpine County70 lakes Amador County22 lakes Butte County21 lakes Calaveras County10 lakes Colusa County8 lakes Contra Costa County10 lakes Del Norte County18 lakes El Dorado County146 lakes Fresno County417 lakes Glenn County6 lakes Humboldt County48 lakes Imperial County19 lakes Inyo County166 lakes Kern County31 lakes Klamath County1 lake Lake County31 lakes Lassen County113 lakes Los Angeles County51 lakes Madera County138 lakes Marin County23 lakes Mariposa County40 lakes Mendocino County42 lakes Merced County23 lakes Mineral County1 lake Modoc County110 lakes Mohave County1 lake Mono County

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ALAlabama2,586 lake profiles AKAlaska3,409 lake profiles AZArizona9,493 lake profiles ARArkansas2,144 lake profiles CACalifornia3,407 lake profiles COColorado2,069 lake profiles CTConnecticut1,364 lake profiles DEDelaware137 lake profiles FLFlorida4,166 lake profiles GAGeorgia4,581 lake profiles HIHawaii128 lake profiles IDIdaho1,420 lake profiles ILIllinois1,940 lake profiles INIndiana1,436 lake profiles IAIowa537 lake profiles KSKansas370 lake profiles KYKentucky479 lake profiles LALouisiana1,773 lake profiles MEMaine3,303 lake profiles

185 lakes

Monterey County22 lakes

Napa County27 lakes

Nevada County85 lakes

Orange County13 lakes

Placer County60 lakes

Plumas County92 lakes

Riverside County44 lakes

Sacramento County21 lakes

San Benito County19 lakes

San Bernardino County100 lakes

San Diego County61 lakes

San Francisco County17 lakes

San Joaquin County17 lakes

San Luis Obispo County35 lakes

San Mateo County22 lakes

Santa Barbara County8 lakes

Santa Clara County24 lakes

Santa Cruz County25 lakes

Shasta County103 lakes

Sierra County36 lakes

Siskiyou County276 lakes

Solano County17 lakes

Sonoma County29 lakes

Stanislaus County17 lakes

Sutter County16 lakes

Tehama County24 lakes

Trinity County110 lakes

Tulare County100 lakes

Tuolumne County175 lakes

Ventura County13 lakes

Yolo County11 lakes

Yuba County12 lakes

Yuma County1 lake

MDMaryland384 lake profiles

MAMassachusetts2,396 lake profiles

MIMichigan7,197 lake profiles

MNMinnesota9,392 lake profiles

MSMississippi1,482 lake profiles

MOMissouri2,510 lake profiles

MTMontana2,304 lake profiles

NENebraska901 lake profiles

NVNevada366 lake profiles

NHNew Hampshire1,250 lake profiles

NJNew Jersey1,017 lake profiles

NMNew Mexico6,538 lake profiles

NYNew York3,790 lake profiles

NCNorth Carolina2,053 lake profiles

NDNorth Dakota913 lake profiles

OHOhio1,294 lake profiles

OKOklahoma858 lake profiles

OROregon2,652 lake profiles

PAPennsylvania1,408 lake profiles

RIRhode Island389 lake profiles

SCSouth Carolina1,976 lake profiles

SDSouth Dakota747 lake profiles

TNTennessee1,364 lake profiles

TXTexas7,929 lake profiles

UTUtah1,134 lake profiles

VTVermont589 lake profiles

VAVirginia1,329 lake profiles

WAWashington3,344 lake profiles

WVWest Virginia240 lake profiles

WIWisconsin6,211 lake profiles

WYWyoming1,381 lake profiles

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