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Mozingo Lake
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Lake with the Golf Course grain silo in the background
Location of Mozingo Lake in Missouri, USA.
Location of Mozingo Lake in Missouri, USA.
Mozingo Lake
Location in Missouri
Location of Mozingo Lake in Missouri, USA.
Location of Mozingo Lake in Missouri, USA.
Mozingo Lake
Location in the United States
Location Nodaway County, Missouri
Coordinates 40°21′31″N 94°45′52″W / 40.358481°N 94.764354°W / 40.358481; -94.764354
Type reservoir
Basin countries United States
Surface area 1,006 acres (4 km2)

Mozingo Lake is a 1,006 acres (4 km2) reservoir in Nodaway County, Missouri on Mozingo Creek.

The reservoir is owned by the city of Maryville, Missouri and is the city's water source and operates as a 3,000 acre (12 km²) park (including the Mozingo Lake Golf Course) with 26 miles (42 km) of shoreline.

The reservoir was completed in 1994. Water overflowed its dam in the Great Flood of 1993.

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