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Biggest Lakes and Reservoirs in Iowa

Iowa's biggest named fishing waters by surface acreage, from USGS records. 132 lakes and reservoirs carry acreage data in Iowa; more water usually means more patterns to unlock.

In this scope: 132 waters · 28,231 acres

  1. Spirit LakeLake · Dickinson County5,464 acres
  2. Saylorville LakeReservoir · Polk County5,428 acres
  3. Lost Island LakeLake · Palo Alto County1,152 acres
  4. Trumbull LakeLake · Clay County1,061 acres
  5. Silver LakeReservoir · Dickinson County1,025 acres
  6. Lake MacBrideReservoir · Johnson County866 acres
  7. Big Creek LakeLake · Polk County856 acres
  8. Swan LakeLake · Emmet County766 acres
  9. Lake ManawaLake · Pottawattamie County733 acres
  10. Big LakeLake · Allamakee County704 acres
  11. High LakeLake · Emmet County555 acres
  12. Hartwick LakeReservoir · Delaware County506 acres
  13. Forneys LakeLake · Fremont County398 acres
  14. Big Wall LakeLake · Wright County384 acres
  15. Ingham LakeLake · Emmet County368 acres
  16. Elm LakeLake · Wright County336 acres
  17. Wood Duck SloughLake · Clayton County286 acres
  18. Mud LakeLake · Clay County283 acres
  19. Dan Green SloughLake · Clay County278 acres
  20. Rush LakeLake · Osceola County276 acres
  21. Center LakeLake · Dickinson County258 acres
  22. Elk LakeLake · Clay County257 acres
  23. Grovers LakeLake · Dickinson County255 acres
  24. Little Wall LakeLake · Hamilton County245 acres
  25. Cunningham SloughLake · Emmet County242 acres

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