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Wake County120 lakes Guilford County104 lakes Forsyth County81 lakes Richmond County65 lakes Transylvania County63 lakes Mecklenburg County62 lakes Cumberland County60 lakes Randolph County60 lakes Buncombe County55 lakes Henderson County49 lakes Johnston County46 lakes Moore County44 lakes

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Alamance County23 lakes Alexander County9 lakes Alleghany County10 lakes Anson County23 lakes Ashe County3 lakes Avery County11 lakes Beaufort County3 lakes Bertie County1 lake Bladen County27 lakes Brunswick County40 lakes Buncombe County55 lakes Burke County13 lakes Cabarrus County26 lakes Caldwell County10 lakes Carteret County8 lakes Caswell County11 lakes Catawba County26 lakes Chatham County31 lakes Cherokee County16 lakes Chowan County4 lakes Clay County6 lakes Cleveland County27 lakes Columbus County23 lakes Craven County8 lakes Cumberland County60 lakes Currituck County16 lakes

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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

Dare County

9 lakes

Davidson County15 lakes

Davie County17 lakes

Duplin County22 lakes

Durham County31 lakes

Edgecombe County7 lakes

Forsyth County81 lakes

Franklin County22 lakes

Gaston County33 lakes

Gates County5 lakes

Graham County3 lakes

Granville County17 lakes

Greene County5 lakes

Guilford County104 lakes

Halifax County17 lakes

Harnett County31 lakes

Haywood County11 lakes

Henderson County49 lakes

Hertford County5 lakes

Hoke County11 lakes

Horry County1 lake

Hyde County2 lakes

Iredell County26 lakes

Jackson County32 lakes

Johnston County46 lakes

Jones County1 lake

Lee County15 lakes

Lenoir County9 lakes

Lincoln County12 lakes

Macon County30 lakes

Madison County3 lakes

Martin County3 lakes

McDowell County13 lakes

Mecklenburg County62 lakes

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Montgomery County32 lakes

Moore County44 lakes

Nash County29 lakes

New Hanover County4 lakes

Northampton County17 lakes

Onslow County5 lakes

Orange County29 lakes

Pender County9 lakes

Perquimans County1 lake

Person County16 lakes

Pitt County11 lakes

Polk County14 lakes

Randolph County60 lakes

Richmond County65 lakes

Robeson County23 lakes

Rockingham County29 lakes

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Rutherford County20 lakes

Sampson County30 lakes

Scotland County27 lakes

Stanly County10 lakes

Stokes County23 lakes

Surry County22 lakes

Swain County5 lakes

Transylvania County63 lakes

Tyrrell County1 lake

Union County28 lakes

Vance County11 lakes

Wake County120 lakes

Warren County8 lakes

Washington County2 lakes

Watauga County13 lakes

Wayne County19 lakes

Wilkes County15 lakes

Wilson County18 lakes

Yadkin County24 lakes

Yancey 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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