Lake Darling: Basic Facts

Location

• County: Washington
• Nearby communities: Brighton, Richland, Washington, Fairfield

About the lake

• Lake size: 267 acres
• Year built: 1950
• Lake depth: average: 8.1 ft; maximum: 22 ft.
• Length of shoreline: 18 miles
• Length of trails: 13+ miles
• Listed on Iowa's impaired waters list in: 1998
• Recreational uses: fishing, boating, swimming, camping, canoeing, hiking

About the watershed

• Watershed size: 12,673 acres
• Watershed to lake ratio: 48.8 to 1
• Land use:
  • Row crop: 54.60%
  • Grass: 30.25%
  • Forest: 12.23%
  • Water: 1.52%
  • Barren: 0.76%
  • Artificial: 0.64%