Lakes / Iowa / Warren County / Lake Colechester
Lake Colechester, Iowa
153 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Iowa
41.50 degrees N, 93.69 degrees W - Warren 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 Lake Colechester Stacks Up
- Larger than 64% of the 220 lakes counted in Iowa.
- The largest lake in Warren County among those counted.
- About 7 miles from Des Moines, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grays Lake | Polk | 5.3 mi | 96 acres |
| Dale Maffit Reservoir | Dallas | 5.5 mi | 187 acres |
| Lake Easter | Polk | 7.1 mi | 177 acres |
| Lake Ahquabi | Warren | 16 mi | 112 acres |
| Brenton Slough | Polk | 17 mi | 62 acres |
| Saylorville Lake | Polk | 18 mi | 5,428 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 133528427). Verified October 30, 2026.