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Minnesota Lakes With Iowa Darter

79 counted Minnesota lakes list Iowa Darter in Minnesota DNR records. The largest is Rainy at 210,200 acres. The deepest of them is Gabimichigami at 209 ft.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Rainy	St. Louis	210,200 acres	161 ft
2	Leech	Cass	103,444 acres	150 ft
3	Winnibigoshish	Cass	56,471 acres	69.8 ft
4	Pepin	Goodhue	12,299 acres	60 ft
5	Island Lake Reservoir	St. Louis	8,001 acres	94 ft
6	Diamond	Kandiyohi	1,610 acres	27 ft
7	Perent	Lake	1,598 acres	38 ft
8	Prairie	Itasca	1,331 acres	31 ft
9	Gabimichigami	Cook	1,186 acres	209 ft
10	Nest	Kandiyohi	969 acres	40 ft
11	Long Island	Cook	884 acres	85 ft
12	Oliver	Swift	686 acres	18 ft
13	Gillis	Cook	616 acres	180 ft
14	Phoebe	Cook	610 acres	25 ft
15	Sand	Lake	486 acres	11 ft
16	Wasson	Itasca	438 acres	67 ft
17	Barry	Big Stone	398 acres	8.8 ft
18	Long	Isanti	387 acres	15 ft
19	Fourteen	St. Louis	386 acres	14.5 ft
20	King	St. Louis	318 acres	8 ft
21	Bad Axe	Hubbard	303 acres	39 ft
22	Blue	Isanti	296 acres	31 ft
23	Lower Balsam	Itasca	259 acres	29 ft
24	Perch	Lincoln	246 acres	16.2 ft
25	Spectacle	Isanti	246 acres	51.5 ft
26	Crooked	Cook	244 acres	66 ft
27	George	Kandiyohi	228 acres	34 ft
28	Lory	Isanti	222 acres	21 ft
29	Schultz	St. Louis	210 acres	48 ft
30	Dewey	St. Louis	201 acres	40 ft
31	Malmedal	Pope	199 acres	10 ft
32	O'Reilly	Itasca	189 acres	79 ft
33	Lewis	Kanabec	179 acres	48 ft
34	Wolf	Aitkin	173 acres	31 ft
35	DeMontreville	Washington	157 acres	24 ft
36	Long	Stearns	153 acres	46 ft
37	Carey	St. Louis	145 acres	13.5 ft
38	Micmac	Lake	137 acres	20 ft
39	Star	Crow Wing	127 acres	83 ft
40	Mark	Cook	126 acres	5 ft
41	Fawn	Todd	125 acres	21 ft
42	Bass	Crow Wing	121 acres	47 ft
43	Island	Stearns	116 acres	41 ft
44	Rhine	Pine	116 acres	8 ft
45	Six Mile	St. Louis	109 acres	22 ft
46	Richey	Cook	104 acres	6 ft
47	Kreigle	Stearns	102 acres	66 ft
48	Crooked	St. Louis	99 acres	35 ft
49	Strandness	Pope	92 acres	5 ft
50	Doyle	Lake	87 acres	4 ft
51	Olson	Washington	87 acres	15 ft
52	Hassel	St. Louis	86 acres	8 ft
53	Bat	Cook	83 acres	110 ft
54	Lost	Lake	82 acres	16 ft
55	Hand	Cook	80 acres	22 ft
56	German	Otter Tail	77 acres	46 ft
57	Kitigan	Lake	72 acres	8 ft
58	Cramer	Lake	68 acres	4 ft
59	Katherine	Lake	68 acres	6 ft
60	Watonwan	Lake	58 acres	25 ft
61	Mud	Wright	57 acres	65 ft
62	Shamrock	Lake	56 acres	13 ft
63	Beauty	Hubbard	55 acres	53 ft
64	Beaver Hut	Lake	55 acres	12 ft
65	Mud	St. Louis	51 acres	20 ft
66	Two Deer	Lake	45 acres	7 ft
67	Inga	Lake	41 acres	6 ft
68	Organ	Lake	41 acres	7 ft
69	Wadop	Lake	40 acres	9 ft
70	Antoinette	St. Louis	35 acres	8 ft
71	Little Mayhew	Cook	34 acres	31 ft
72	Spur	Lake	34 acres	4 ft
73	Leskinen	Lake	33 acres	4 ft
74	Minnie	Stearns	27 acres	57 ft
75	Stevens	Cook	22 acres	16 ft
76	Alger	Lake	21 acres	6 ft
77	John Reservoir	Yellow Medicine	21 acres	12 ft
78	Sundown	Lake	19 acres	16 ft
79	Nicado	Lake	14 acres	18 ft

Source: Minnesota DNR lake data. Verified October 30, 2026.