Lakes / Iowa / Clayton County / Wood Duck Slough
Wood Duck Slough, Iowa
286 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Iowa
42.70 degrees N, 90.99 degrees W - Clayton 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 Wood Duck Slough Stacks Up
- Larger than 80% of the 220 lakes counted in Iowa.
- About 60 miles from Cedar Rapids, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartwick Lake | Delaware | 28 mi | 506 acres |
| Quaker Mill Pond | Delaware | 28 mi | 105 acres |
| Founders Pond | Allamakee | 29 mi | 29 acres |
| Backbone Lake | Delaware | 29 mi | 101 acres |
| Tippy Lake | Dubuque | 29 mi | 75 acres |
| Mud Hen Lake | Allamakee | 33 mi | 383 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 132445182). Verified October 30, 2026.