Lakes / Kansas / Coffey County / Mathias Lake
Mathias Lake, Kansas
73 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Kansas
38.18 degrees N, 95.72 degrees W - Coffey 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 Mathias Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 37% of the 132 lakes counted in Kansas.
- About 60 miles from Topeka, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Redmond Reservoir | Coffey | 6.9 mi | 8,246 acres |
| Yates Center Reservoir | Woodson | 22 mi | 114 acres |
| Cedar Valley Reservoir | Anderson | 22 mi | 312 acres |
| Melvern Lake | Osage | 22 mi | 6,290 acres |
| Lake Welda | Anderson | 25 mi | 42 acres |
| Olpe City Lake | Lyon | 26 mi | 76 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 34498803). Verified October 30, 2026.