Lakes / Iowa / Buena Vista County / Storm Lake
Storm Lake, Iowa
3,108 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Iowa
42.63 degrees N, 95.21 degrees W - Buena Vista 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 Storm Lake Stacks Up
- Ranks #6 for surface area among the Iowa lakes counted so far - 3,108 acres.
- The largest lake in Buena Vista County among those counted.
- About 53 miles from Okoboji, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunken Island Lake | Pocahontas | 16 mi | 135 acres |
| Clear Lake | Pocahontas | 17 mi | 163 acres |
| Arrowhead Lake | Sac | 24 mi | 34 acres |
| Pickerel Lake | Buena Vista | 24 mi | 165 acres |
| Black Hawk Lake | Sac | 24 mi | 914 acres |
| Rush Lake | Palo Alto | 28 mi | 457 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 137043944). Verified October 30, 2026.