Lake Vaquero
General data
- Name: Lake Vaquero
- Water system: Missouri River
- Water type: Artificial lake
- Progression: Shunganunga Creek -> Mission Creek (Kansas River tributary) -> Kansas River -> Missouri River -> Mississippi River -> Gulf of Mexico -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Temperate
- Continents: North America
- Countries: United States of America
Lake Vaquero is a private lake located two blocks southwest of Topeka, Kansas, and about three blocks northwest of Lake Sherwood (Kansas). It is a manmade lake contained by a 10 m high dam on its southeast. It is bounded by Indian Hills Road on the east, El Cerrito Drive on the south, Lagito Drive on the west and SW 29th Street on the north. Lake Vaquero's surface area is 12 ha. If filled to its maximum capacity, the lake would contain 960,000 m3, though its typical volume is 445,000 m3.