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Wake County119 lakes Guilford County103 lakes Forsyth County80 lakes Richmond County65 lakes Transylvania County63 lakes Cumberland County60 lakes Mecklenburg County60 lakes Randolph County60 lakes Henderson County48 lakes Johnston County46 lakes Buncombe County43 lakes Moore County43 lakes

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Alamance County21 lakes Alexander County9 lakes Alleghany County10 lakes Anson County22 lakes Ashe County3 lakes Avery County11 lakes Beaufort County3 lakes Bertie County1 lake Bladen County27 lakes Brunswick County40 lakes Buncombe County43 lakes Burke County12 lakes Cabarrus County26 lakes Caldwell County10 lakes Carteret County8 lakes Caswell County11 lakes Catawba County26 lakes Chatham County30 lakes Cherokee County16 lakes Chowan County4 lakes Clay County5 lakes Cleveland County25 lakes Columbus County23 lakes Craven County8 lakes Cumberland County60 lakes Currituck County16 lakes

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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

Dare County

9 lakes

Davidson County14 lakes

Davie County17 lakes

Duplin County22 lakes

Durham County30 lakes

Edgecombe County7 lakes

Forsyth County80 lakes

Franklin County20 lakes

Gaston County31 lakes

Gates County5 lakes

Graham County3 lakes

Granville County17 lakes

Greene County5 lakes

Guilford County103 lakes

Halifax County17 lakes

Harnett County31 lakes

Haywood County8 lakes

Henderson County48 lakes

Hertford County5 lakes

Hoke County11 lakes

Horry County1 lake

Hyde County2 lakes

Iredell County26 lakes

Jackson County31 lakes

Johnston County46 lakes

Jones County1 lake

Lee County15 lakes

Lenoir County9 lakes

Lincoln County12 lakes

Macon County28 lakes

Madison County2 lakes

Martin County3 lakes

McDowell County13 lakes

Mecklenburg County60 lakes

Mitchell County8 lakes

Montgomery County30 lakes

Moore County43 lakes

Nash County27 lakes

New Hanover County4 lakes

Northampton County17 lakes

Onslow County5 lakes

Orange County28 lakes

Pender County9 lakes

Perquimans County1 lake

Person County14 lakes

Pitt County11 lakes

Polk County14 lakes

Randolph County60 lakes

Richmond County65 lakes

Robeson County23 lakes

Rockingham County29 lakes

Rowan County15 lakes

Rutherford County20 lakes

Sampson County30 lakes

Scotland County27 lakes

Stanly County7 lakes

Stokes County23 lakes

Surry County21 lakes

Swain County4 lakes

Transylvania County63 lakes

Tyrrell County1 lake

Union County28 lakes

Vance County10 lakes

Wake County119 lakes

Warren County8 lakes

Washington County2 lakes

Watauga County13 lakes

Wayne County19 lakes

Wilkes County14 lakes

Wilson County15 lakes

Yadkin County24 lakes

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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