Lakes / Iowa / Worth County / Rice Lake
Rice Lake, Iowa
891 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Iowa
43.39 degrees N, 93.50 degrees W - Worth 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 Rice Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 93% of the 220 lakes counted in Iowa.
- The largest lake in Worth County among those counted.
- About 83 miles from Okoboji, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake | Worth | 7.5 mi | 314 acres |
| Mallard Marsh Swamp | Cerro Gordo | 10 mi | 31 acres |
| Harmon Lake | Winnebago | 11 mi | 41 acres |
| Crystal Lake | Hancock | 18 mi | 260 acres |
| Clear Lake | Cerro Gordo | 19 mi | 3,632 acres |
| Eagle Lake | Hancock | 22 mi | 434 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 130643057). Verified October 30, 2026.