Lakes / Kansas / Allen County / Katy Lake
Katy Lake, Kansas
40 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Kansas
37.96 degrees N, 95.17 degrees W - Allen 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 Katy Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 18% of the 132 lakes counted in Kansas.
- About 70 miles from Lawrence, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bourbon County State Lake | Bourbon | 13 mi | 93 acres |
| Lake Welda | Anderson | 15 mi | 42 acres |
| Cedar Valley Reservoir | Anderson | 21 mi | 312 acres |
| Allen Lake | Neosho | 22 mi | 29 acres |
| Elm Creek Lake | Bourbon | 22 mi | 91 acres |
| Lake Chaparral | Linn | 23 mi | 31 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Largest Lakes in Kansas
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milford Lake | Geary | 14,607 acres | - |
| 2 | Tuttle Creek Lake | Pottawatomie | 12,013 acres | - |
| 3 | Perry Lake | Jefferson | 10,769 acres | - |
| 4 | Cheney Reservoir | Reno | 9,765 acres | - |
| 5 | Waconda Lake | Mitchell | 9,339 acres | - |
All 132 Kansas 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 42482041). Verified October 30, 2026.