Lakes / Kansas / Clark County / Proffitt Lake
Proffitt Lake, Kansas
98 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Kansas
37.20 degrees N, 100.05 degrees W - Clark 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 Proffitt Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 47% of the 132 lakes counted in Kansas.
- About 153 miles from Wichita, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark County State Lake | Clark | 20 mi | 282 acres |
| Lake Meade | Meade | 21 mi | 67 acres |
| Lake Coldwater | Comanche | 39 mi | 233 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 146550204). Verified October 30, 2026.