Lakes / Iowa / Howard County / Lyla Marsh
Lyla Marsh, Iowa
49 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Iowa
43.29 degrees N, 92.47 degrees W - Howard 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 Lyla Marsh Stacks Up
- Larger than 25% of the 220 lakes counted in Iowa.
- The largest lake in Howard County among those counted.
- About 99 miles from Cedar Rapids, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Hendricks | Howard | 7.0 mi | 46 acres |
| Cedar Lake | Chickasaw | 22 mi | 542 acres |
| Lake Meyer | Winneshiek | 29 mi | 32 acres |
| Volga Lake | Fayette | 44 mi | 130 acres |
| Zerbel Slough | Cerro Gordo | 47 mi | 45 acres |
| Clear Lake | Cerro Gordo | 49 mi | 3,632 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 130971298). Verified October 30, 2026.