White Lake is a 186.8-acre man-made impoundment located in north central Marshall County, South Dakota . White Lake was constructed as a WPA project in the 1930s. The dam impounds water on the upper watershed of the Wild Rice River, which is a tributary of the Red River. The lake offers some flood protection for downstream benefits and is used for recreation. The average depth of the lake is eight feet and it has a maximum depth of twenty feet. The outlet for the lake empties into the Wild Rice River.
White Lake Dam
Maximum Depth: 22 feet
Mean Depth: 8 feet
Lake Volume: 1,496 acre-ft
Surface Area: 187 acres
Shoreline Length: 6.3 miles
Watershed Acres: 22,348acres
Major Tributaries: Located on the Wild Rice River which flows north into the Red River.
Warm Water Permanent Fisheries: black bullhead, black crappie, common carp, northern pike, walleye, white sucker, yellow perch.
Watershed Map
SD GF&P Lake Contour Map
