Lakes / Iowa / Osceola County / Rush Lake
Rush Lake, Osceola County, Iowa
276 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Iowa
43.44 degrees N, 95.51 degrees W - Osceola 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 Rush Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 78% of the 220 lakes counted in Iowa.
- About 19 miles from Okoboji, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake | Dickinson | 8.4 mi | 1,024 acres |
| Diamond Lake | Dickinson | 16 mi | 129 acres |
| Welsh Lake | Dickinson | 17 mi | 57 acres |
| Grovers Lake | Dickinson | 18 mi | 255 acres |
| West Hottes Lake | Dickinson | 19 mi | 226 acres |
| Center Lake | Dickinson | 19 mi | 258 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 132543240). Verified October 30, 2026.