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Big Spirit Lake is a natural body of water, approximately 5,684 acres (2,300 ha) in area, in Dickinson County in northwest Iowa in the United States. It is part of the chain of lakes known as the Iowa Great Lakes, the northern shore of the lake straddles the border with Minnesota. It is the largest natural lake in Iowa.
Spirit Lake is a city in Dickinson County, Iowa, United States. The population was 5,439 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Dickinson County. [4] The town is located along the western shore of East Okoboji Lake, in the Iowa Great Lakes region.
The lake currently is about 7 feet below its normal level. The water board is, among other measures, prohibiting outdoor water use except for fire and health hazards and restricting commercial use ...
The Iowa Great Lakes, often referred to as Okoboji, [1] is a group of natural lakes in northwestern Iowa in the United States. There are seven lakes in the region totaling 12,687 acres (5,134 ha) [2] with the three principal lakes of the group being Big Spirit Lake, [3] West Okoboji Lake, [4] and East Okoboji Lake. [5] [6] They are the largest ...
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The bacteria level in the water is "acceptable" if the geometric mean is not greater than 126 colony-forming units per 100 milliliters of water for E. coli bacteria, according to EPA guidelines.
The water level of Spirit Lake is maintained at about 3,406 ft (1,040 m) by draining water through Spirit Lake Outlet Tunnel, a gravity-feed tunnel completed in 1985. The 8,465-foot-long (2,580 m) tunnel was cut through Harrys Ridge to South Coldwater Creek, which flows to Coldwater Lake and into the North Fork of the Toutle River.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Spirit Lake Township covers an area of 28.9 square miles (74.86 square kilometers); of this, 19.01 square miles (49.23 square kilometers, 65.76 percent) is land and 9.9 square miles (25.63 square kilometers, 34.24 percent) is water.