Lakes / Iowa / Marshall County / Crab Tree Lake
Crab Tree Lake, Iowa
43 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Iowa
41.87 degrees N, 93.21 degrees W - Marshall County. State and county outlines drawn from Census boundary data; the lake marker is placed by its USGS National Hydrography Dataset coordinates, not by eye. Schematic - not a survey map.
How Crab Tree Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 21% of the 220 lakes counted in Iowa.
- About 29 miles from Des Moines, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hendrickson Marsh Lake | Story | 5.1 mi | 99 acres |
| Hickory Grove Lake | Story | 11 mi | 79 acres |
| Rock Creek Lake | Jasper | 21 mi | 515 acres |
| Big Creek Lake | Polk | 28 mi | 856 acres |
| Saylorville Lake | Polk | 28 mi | 5,428 acres |
| Lake Easter | Polk | 29 mi | 177 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Largest Lakes in Iowa
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rathbun Lake | Appanoose | 13,869 acres | - |
| 2 | Lake Red Rock | Marion | 8,619 acres | - |
| 3 | Spirit Lake | Dickinson | 5,463 acres | - |
| 4 | Saylorville Lake | Polk | 5,428 acres | - |
| 5 | Clear Lake | Cerro Gordo | 3,632 acres | - |
All 220 Iowa lakes ranked by surface area
Sources: USGS NHD (The National Map NHD MapServer layer 12) named waterbodies FTYPE 390/436; counties via Census point-in-polygon lake data (ID 133403646). Verified October 30, 2026.