Lakes Monitored

Year of

map used

Iowa County

Lake

Area

in

acres

Watershed Area

in acres (excluding

lake surface)

Watershed/Lake

Area Ratio

 

 

Volume

in

cubic

meters

Mean Depth

in

meters

Maximum

Depth

in

meters

Big Spirit Lake

1971

Dickinson

4,169

   34,603*

          8.3

116,135,600

  5.3

  7.3

Center Lake

1972

Dickinson

   272

        735

          2.7

    3,207,519

  2.9

  4.7

East Okoboji Lake

1970

Dickinson

1,835

   12,295

          6.7

  23,474,520

  3.2

  6.7

Elk Lake

1991

Clay

   261

        NC

         NC

              NC

  NC

  1.8

Little Spirit Lake

1970

Dickinson

   618

     1,669

         2.7

    4,584,987

  1.8

  3.0

Lower Gar Lake

1972

Dickinson

   242

   11,374

       47.0

    1,062,456

  1.1

  1.7

Lake Minnewashta

1972

Dickinson

   118

        295

         2.5

    1,481,000

  3.1

  5.0

Silver Lake

1971

Dickinson

 1041

   11,391

       10.7

    7,784,362

  1.8

  3.4

Trumbull Lake

1979

Clay

1,190

        NC

        NC

              NC

  NC

  1.2

Upper Gar Lake

1972

Dickinson

     36

        439

       12.2

       150,863

  1.0

  1.5

West Okoboji Lake

1970

Dickinson

3,847

   13,849

         3.6

178,578,600

11.5

41.5

 NC = not calculated.

 All data except Elk and Trumbull from Bachmann et al 1980- Note: Bachmann's Big Spirit Lake watershed area includes the Minnesota watershed draining to Loon Lake which in turn drains to Big Spirit Lake*