Lakes / Iowa / Taylor County / Lake of Three Fires
Lake of Three Fires, Iowa
93 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Iowa
40.71 degrees N, 94.69 degrees W - Taylor 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 of Three Fires Stacks Up
- Larger than 49% of the 220 lakes counted in Iowa.
- The largest lake in Taylor County among those counted.
- About 82 miles from Des Moines, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford Water Supply Lake | Taylor | 2.4 mi | 27 acres |
| East Lake | Adams | 15 mi | 31 acres |
| Walnut Creek Lake | Ringgold | 19 mi | 42 acres |
| Lake Binder | Adams | 20 mi | 79 acres |
| Loch Ayr | Ringgold | 24 mi | 79 acres |
| Lake Icaria | Adams | 24 mi | 749 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 66704032). Verified October 30, 2026.