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Adair County5 lakes Adams County3 lakes Allamakee County17 lakes Appanoose County3 lakes Audubon County1 lake Benton County2 lakes Black Hawk County12 lakes Boone County2 lakes Buchanan County2 lakes Buena Vista County5 lakes Butler County1 lake Calhoun County4 lakes Carroll County3 lakes Cass County2 lakes Cedar County4 lakes Cerro Gordo County10 lakes Cherokee County3 lakes Chickasaw County2 lakes Clarke County4 lakes Clay County7 lakes Clayton County11 lakes Clinton County13 lakes Crawford County1 lake Dallas County3 lakes Davis County2 lakes Decatur County7 lakes Delaware County4 lakes Des Moines County17 lakes Dickinson County28 lakes

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ALAlabama2,586 lake profiles AKAlaska3,409 lake profiles AZArizona9,493 lake profiles ARArkansas2,144 lake profiles CACalifornia3,407 lake profiles COColorado2,069 lake profiles CTConnecticut1,364 lake profiles DEDelaware137 lake profiles FLFlorida4,166 lake profiles GAGeorgia4,581 lake profiles HIHawaii128 lake profiles IDIdaho1,420 lake profiles ILIllinois1,940 lake profiles INIndiana1,436 lake profiles IAIowa537 lake profiles KSKansas370 lake profiles KYKentucky479 lake profiles LALouisiana1,773 lake profiles MEMaine3,303 lake profiles

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Emmet County18 lakes

Fayette County2 lakes

Franklin County1 lake

Fremont County3 lakes

Greene County3 lakes

Guthrie County5 lakes

Hamilton County4 lakes

Hancock County8 lakes

Hardin County3 lakes

Harrison County8 lakes

Henderson County1 lake

Henry County3 lakes

Howard County2 lakes

Humboldt County3 lakes

Ida County1 lake

Iowa County5 lakes

Jackson County37 lakes

Jasper County5 lakes

Jefferson County3 lakes

Johnson County8 lakes

Jones County4 lakes

Keokuk County2 lakes

Kossuth County11 lakes

Lee County8 lakes

Linn County9 lakes

Louisa County30 lakes

Lucas County5 lakes

Lyon County1 lake

Madison County1 lake

Mahaska County3 lakes

Marion County6 lakes

Marshall County4 lakes

Martin County2 lakes

Mercer County1 lake

Mills County7 lakes

Mitchell County2 lakes

Monona County8 lakes

Monroe County1 lake

Montgomery County1 lake

Muscatine County6 lakes

Nobles County1 lake

Osceola County2 lakes

Page County1 lake

Palo Alto County7 lakes

Plymouth County1 lake

Pocahontas County4 lakes

Polk County17 lakes

Pottawattamie County7 lakes

Poweshiek County4 lakes

Ringgold County4 lakes

Sac County6 lakes

Scott County4 lakes

Shelby County2 lakes

Sioux County1 lake

Story County8 lakes

Tama County5 lakes

Taylor County7 lakes

Union County8 lakes

Van Buren County2 lakes

Wapello County1 lake

Warren County4 lakes

Washington County5 lakes

Wayne County1 lake

Webster County2 lakes

Winnebago County4 lakes

Winneshiek County3 lakes

Woodbury County3 lakes

Worth County3 lakes

Wright County4 lakes

MDMaryland384 lake profiles

MAMassachusetts2,396 lake profiles

MIMichigan7,197 lake profiles

MNMinnesota9,392 lake profiles

MSMississippi1,482 lake profiles

MOMissouri2,510 lake profiles

MTMontana2,304 lake profiles

NENebraska901 lake profiles

NVNevada366 lake profiles

NHNew Hampshire1,250 lake profiles

NJNew Jersey1,017 lake profiles

NMNew Mexico6,538 lake profiles

NYNew York3,790 lake profiles

NCNorth Carolina2,053 lake profiles

NDNorth Dakota913 lake profiles

OHOhio1,294 lake profiles

OKOklahoma858 lake profiles

OROregon2,652 lake profiles

PAPennsylvania1,408 lake profiles

RIRhode Island389 lake profiles

SCSouth Carolina1,976 lake profiles

SDSouth Dakota747 lake profiles

TNTennessee1,364 lake profiles

TXTexas7,929 lake profiles

UTUtah1,134 lake profiles

VTVermont589 lake profiles

VAVirginia1,329 lake profiles

WAWashington3,344 lake profiles

WVWest Virginia240 lake profiles

WIWisconsin6,211 lake profiles

WYWyoming1,381 lake profiles

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