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Rice Lake
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View from Rice Lake Park
Rice Lake is located in North Dakota
Rice Lake
Rice Lake
Location in North Dakota
Location Ward County, North Dakota, United States
Coordinates 48°00′30″N 101°32′04″W / 48.0083296°N 101.5343987°W / 48.0083296; -101.5343987
Type Lake
Basin countries United States
Max. length 1.33 miles (2.14 km)
Surface area 220 acres (89 ha)
Average depth 8.9 feet (2.7 m)
Max. depth 33.5 feet (10.2 m)
Water volume 1,640.5 acre-feet (2,023,500 m3)
Shore length1 4.5 miles (7.2 km)
Surface elevation 2,034 ft (620 m)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Rice Lake is an irregularly shaped body of water located 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Minot in Ward County, North Dakota.

The lake covers 220 acres (89 ha), has 4.5 miles (7.2 km) of shoreline, and an average depth of 8.9 feet (2.7 m), with a maximum depth of 33.5 feet (10.2 m).

Rice Lake Park occupies the eastern shore of the lake.

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