---
type: lake
name: "Shallow Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Warba"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 539
max_depth_ft: 85
latitude: 47.12642
longitude: -93.30065
lake_score: 68
dnr_lake_id: "31008400"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/shallow-lake
---

# Shallow Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Warba

- **Surface Area**: 539 acres
- **Max Depth**: 85 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.1 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 14 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 68/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Shallow Lake is a 539-acre lake near Warba in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 85 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 5.1 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 14 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 12 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The DNR has stocking records for the lake, so check the stocking report for the most recent species and year classes. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2024.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around May 3, based on 8 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Managed by**: Minnesota DNR
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 12
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2024
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: May 3
- **Years of record**: 8
- **Earliest**: 2015-04-12
- **Latest**: 2007-05-20

## Nearby Lakes

- [Sand Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/sand-lake-warba) - 1 miles, 113 acres
- [Rice Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/rice-lake-philbin) - 3.7 miles, 135 acres
- [Little Cowhorn Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/little-cowhorn-lake) - 6 miles, 181 acres
- [Round Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/round-lake-blackberry) - 6.6 miles, 101 acres
- [Clearwater Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/clearwater-lake) - 6.7 miles, 132 acres
- [Pancake Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/pancake-lake) - 7.6 miles, 138 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.12642,-93.30065)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31008400)
- [All lakes in Itasca County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/shallow-lake)*