Lake Byron (South Dakota)
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Lake Byron is a lake in Beadle County, South Dakota, U.S.; it is fed by Foster Creek and feeds out to the James River.
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Lake Byron | |
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Location | Beadle County, South Dakota |
Coordinates | 44°34′18″N 98°08′02″W |
Type | Natural lake |
Primary inflows | Foster Creek |
Primary outflows | James River |
Catchment area | 115,350 acres (466.8 km2)[1] |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 1,805 acres (7.30 km2)[1] |
Max. depth | 10 feet (3.0 m)[1] |
Islands | none |
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The lake derives its name of Byron Pay, who stayed briefly at the lake in the 1860s and left his name carved on a tree there.[2]
The Albert S. Piper Homestead Claim Shanty is about two miles north, and the Milford Hutterite Colony is to the northeast.