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Fresno County423 lakes Siskiyou County281 lakes Lassen County241 lakes Modoc County223 lakes Tuolumne County192 lakes Mono County188 lakes Inyo County170 lakes El Dorado County167 lakes Madera County139 lakes Shasta County132 lakes San Bernardino County112 lakes Trinity County111 lakes

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Alameda County41 lakes Alpine County77 lakes Amador County32 lakes Butte County38 lakes Calaveras County26 lakes Colusa County10 lakes Contra Costa County29 lakes Del Norte County18 lakes El Dorado County167 lakes Fresno County423 lakes Glenn County10 lakes Humboldt County49 lakes Imperial County22 lakes Inyo County170 lakes Kern County35 lakes Klamath County1 lake Lake County35 lakes Lassen County241 lakes Los Angeles County108 lakes Madera County139 lakes Marin County27 lakes Mariposa County43 lakes Mendocino County44 lakes Merced County28 lakes Mineral County1 lake Modoc County223 lakes Mohave County1 lake Mono County

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ALAlabama2,614 lake profiles AKAlaska3,434 lake profiles AZArizona9,735 lake profiles ARArkansas2,353 lake profiles CACalifornia4,123 lake profiles COColorado4,607 lake profiles CTConnecticut1,595 lake profiles DEDelaware142 lake profiles FLFlorida4,170 lake profiles GAGeorgia4,705 lake profiles HIHawaii250 lake profiles IDIdaho1,998 lake profiles ILIllinois2,046 lake profiles INIndiana1,470 lake profiles IAIowa549 lake profiles KSKansas392 lake profiles KYKentucky509 lake profiles LALouisiana1,786 lake profiles MEMaine3,436 lake profiles

188 lakes

Monterey County25 lakes

Napa County36 lakes

Nevada County105 lakes

Orange County42 lakes

Placer County77 lakes

Plumas County102 lakes

Riverside County51 lakes

Sacramento County23 lakes

San Benito County23 lakes

San Bernardino County112 lakes

San Diego County85 lakes

San Francisco County22 lakes

San Joaquin County17 lakes

San Luis Obispo County40 lakes

San Mateo County27 lakes

Santa Barbara County22 lakes

Santa Clara County40 lakes

Santa Cruz County28 lakes

Shasta County132 lakes

Sierra County41 lakes

Siskiyou County281 lakes

Solano County22 lakes

Sonoma County34 lakes

Stanislaus County19 lakes

Sutter County16 lakes

Tehama County24 lakes

Trinity County111 lakes

Tulare County101 lakes

Tuolumne County192 lakes

Ventura County18 lakes

Yolo County12 lakes

Yuba County16 lakes

Yuma County1 lake

MDMaryland436 lake profiles

MAMassachusetts2,867 lake profiles

MIMichigan7,205 lake profiles

MNMinnesota9,470 lake profiles

MSMississippi1,496 lake profiles

MOMissouri2,697 lake profiles

MTMontana3,329 lake profiles

NENebraska2,531 lake profiles

NVNevada818 lake profiles

NHNew Hampshire1,417 lake profiles

NJNew Jersey1,073 lake profiles

NMNew Mexico6,687 lake profiles

NYNew York4,043 lake profiles

NCNorth Carolina2,115 lake profiles

NDNorth Dakota937 lake profiles

OHOhio1,544 lake profiles

OKOklahoma4,560 lake profiles

OROregon5,459 lake profiles

PAPennsylvania1,823 lake profiles

RIRhode Island454 lake profiles

SCSouth Carolina2,045 lake profiles

SDSouth Dakota810 lake profiles

TNTennessee1,393 lake profiles

TXTexas7,602 lake profiles

UTUtah1,863 lake profiles

VTVermont643 lake profiles

VAVirginia1,435 lake profiles

WAWashington3,489 lake profiles

WVWest Virginia252 lake profiles

WIWisconsin6,522 lake profiles

WYWyoming3,574 lake profiles

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