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188:Shore length
164:Surface area
1521:Spring Lake
1481:Lake Icaria
1471:Heery Woods
1461:Echo Valley
1431:State Parks
1293:Rock Island
1268:Pilot Grove
1258:Pecan Grove
1113:Hanging Bog
1078:Fallen Rock
978:Berry Woods
958:A.F. Miller
920:Pilot Mound
915:Loess Hills
872:Wildcat Den
852:Volga River
847:Viking Lake
842:Union Grove
817:Springbrook
767:Pikes Point
752:Okamanpedan
747:Nine Eagles
692:Lake Manawa
682:Lake Keomah
657:Honey Creek
622:Emerson Bay
544:State Parks
524:Iowa portal
491:Port Louisa
351:Iowa portal
239:yellow bass
136: /
111:Coordinates
1561:Categories
1496:Mill Creek
1456:Eagle Lake
1408:Woodthrush
1278:Retz Woods
1273:Pilot Knob
1223:Mossy Glen
837:Twin Lakes
812:Rock Creek
772:Pilot Knob
762:Pikes Peak
742:Mini-Wakan
672:Lake Anita
652:Gull Point
602:Clear Lake
597:Cedar Rock
587:Black Hawk
572:Beeds Lake
481:Neal Smith
318:Girl Scout
309:Clear Lake
266:magazine.
247:Des Moines
223:Clear Lake
180:Max. depth
124:93°25′29″W
121:43°07′32″N
84:Clear Lake
54:Clear Lake
29:Clear Lake
1526:Swan Lake
1501:Oak Grove
983:Bird Hill
867:Waubonsie
807:Rice Lake
782:Pine Lake
717:Lower Gar
582:Big Creek
284:Catamaran
1441:Bobwhite
1434:(Leased)
930:Stephens
895:Backbone
627:Fairport
612:Elk Rock
577:Bellevue
557:Backbone
100:Location
1218:Montauk
905:Gifford
900:Barkley
827:Templar
802:Red Haw
418:Federal
313:Ventura
276:sailing
270:Boating
235:walleye
229:, near
1511:Pammel
1486:Kearny
1422:County
1153:Kalsow
925:Shimek
707:Ledges
471:DeSoto
988:Bixby
910:Holst
822:Stone
637:Geode
535:State
150:Basin
410:Iowa
249:and
241:and
408:of
1563::
237:,
398:e
391:t
384:v
208:.
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