Waterfowl Production Areas · Iowa state guide
Iowa Waterfowl Production Areas
Iowa has 86 named WPAs totaling 26,674 acres across 17 counties. Each tract below links to a satellite map, GPS coordinates, directions and shooting-hour tables.
86WPAs
26.7Kacres
17counties
310average acres
Map of Iowa WPAs
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Boone County 1 WPAs · 410 acres
- Harrier WPA 410 ac
Buena Vista County 1 WPAs · 69 acres
- Pickerel Lake WPA 69 ac
Cerro Gordo County 5 WPAs · 2,719 acres
- Bailey Creek WPA 159 ac
- Beaver Dam WPA 152 ac
- Sandpiper WPA 124 ac
- Teal Basins WPA 151 ac
- Union Hills WPA 2,132 ac
Clay County 5 WPAs · 863 acres
- Barringer Slough WPA 273 ac
- Dan Greene WPA 204 ac
- Dewey's Pasture WPA 264 ac
- Ducks Unlimited Marsh WPA 53 ac
- Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation WPA 69 ac
Dickinson County 15 WPAs · 6,788 acres
- Cayler Prairie WPA 71 ac
- Cory Marsh WPA 71 ac
- Diamond Lake WPA 561 ac
- Dugout Creek WPA 788 ac
- Garlock Slough WPA 347 ac
- Iowa National Heritage Foundation WPA 81 ac
- Jemmerson Slough WPA 538 ac
- Kettleson Hogsback WPA 143 ac
- McClurg WPA 119 ac
- Santee Prairie WPA 454 ac
- Spring Run WPA 1,233 ac
- Swan Lake WPA 742 ac
- Welsh Lake WPA 962 ac
- West Lake Okoboji WPA 140 ac
- Yager Slough WPA 539 ac
Emmet County 10 WPAs · 2,540 acres
- Burr Oak WPA 183 ac
- Cheever Lake WPA 134 ac
- Eagle Lake WPA 344 ac
- Four Mile WPA 280 ac
- Ingham Lake WPA 775 ac
- Iowa National Heritage Foundation WPA 80 ac
- Tuttle Lake WPA 313 ac
- Twelve Mile WPA 162 ac
- Wellnitz WPA 120 ac
- West Swan Lake WPA 149 ac
Greene County 2 WPAs · 1,122 acres
- Dunbar Slough WPA 887 ac
- Snake Creek WPA 235 ac
Guthrie County 2 WPAs · 302 acres
- Bays Branch WPA 277 ac
- Lakin Slough WPA 26 ac
Hancock County 6 WPAs · 852 acres
- Crystal Lake WPA 43 ac
- Eagle Flats WPA 174 ac
- Eagle Lake WPA 74 ac
- Lake Edwards WPA 92 ac
- Meredith Marsh WPA 143 ac
- Smith WPA 326 ac
Kossuth County 15 WPAs · 3,080 acres
- Bison WPA 236 ac
- Blazing Star WPA 115 ac
- Blue-wing WPA 173 ac
- Bluestem WPA 162 ac
- Bobolink WPA 307 ac
- Copp Prairie WPA 237 ac
- Dickcissel WPA 159 ac
- Goose Lake WPA 161 ac
- Iowa Lake Marsh WPA 138 ac
- Mallard WPA 142 ac
- Maynard Reece WPA 556 ac
- Pintail WPA 154 ac
- Prairie Smoke WPA 312 ac
- State Line Marsh WPA 134 ac
- Wapati WPA 95 ac
Palo Alto County 5 WPAs · 964 acres
- Bluewing Marsh WPA 392 ac
- Dewey's Pasture WPA 254 ac
- Elk Lake WPA 192 ac
- Fallow Marsh WPA 77 ac
- Palo Alto WPA 50 ac
Pocahontas County 2 WPAs · 650 acres
- Plover WPA 159 ac
- Shimon Marsh WPA 491 ac
Polk County 1 WPAs · 147 acres
- Errington Marsh WPA 147 ac
Sac County 3 WPAs · 933 acres
- Blackhawk Marsh WPA 127 ac
- Kiowa Marsh WPA 756 ac
- Tomahawk Marsh WPA 50 ac
Winnebago County 7 WPAs · 1,547 acres
- Good Neighbors Marsh WPA 201 ac
- Hogsback Marsh WPA 240 ac
- Myre Slough WPA 111 ac
- Pilot Knob WPA 196 ac
- Rice Lake WPA 296 ac
- Winnebago County WPA 428 ac
- Wood Duck Marsh WPA 75 ac
Worth County 3 WPAs · 1,628 acres
- Elk Creek WPA 543 ac
- Grass Lake WPA 145 ac
- Harlontown Slough WPA 939 ac
Wright County 3 WPAs · 2,060 acres
- Big Wall Lake WPA 218 ac
- Lower Morse Lake WPA 1,804 ac
- Olaf WPA 38 ac