Big Lake, Missouri

This article is about the community. For the lake, see Big Lake (Missouri).

Big Lake, Missouri
Village
Big Lake in December
Big Lake in December
Location of Big Lake, Missouri
Location of Big Lake, Missouri
Coordinates: 40°04′25″N 95°21′07″W / 40.07361°N 95.35194°W / 40.07361; -95.35194
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyHolt
Area
[1]
 • Total2.63 sq mi (6.80 km2)
 • Land1.66 sq mi (4.29 km2)
 • Water0.97 sq mi (2.52 km2)
Elevation
[2]
860 ft (260 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total65
 • Density39.27/sq mi (15.16/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code29-05495[3]
GNIS feature ID2398117[2]
Big Lake (the curved area in the upper left) on June 15, 2011, during the 2011 Missouri River floods with the Missouri River in the foreground.
Big Lake from Fortescue, Missouri after being obliterated on June 26, 2011, in the flood

Big Lake is a village in Holt County, Missouri, United States. The population was 65 at the 2020 census.[4]

The village is located on the 646-acre (2.61 km2) Big Lake, which is the largest oxbow lake in Missouri. It is also adjacent to Big Lake State Park, which has the largest marsh in a state park in the state of Missouri.

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Lake, Missouri
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 16, 2021.