Lakes / Iowa / Scott County / I-280 Lake
I-280 Lake, Iowa
54 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Iowa
41.52 degrees N, 90.68 degrees W - Scott 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 I-280 Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 28% of the 220 lakes counted in Iowa.
- About 5 miles from Davenport, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Lake | Clinton | 21 mi | 29 acres |
| Wiese Slough | Muscatine | 24 mi | 186 acres |
| Nancy Elaine Lake | Clinton | 27 mi | 25 acres |
| Fox Pond | Louisa | 31 mi | 87 acres |
| Lake Odesa | Louisa | 32 mi | 1,744 acres |
| Goose Lake | Clinton | 34 mi | 122 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 145756583). Verified October 30, 2026.