Lake Inman

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|name = Lake Inman

|image = Lake inman 1006.jpg

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|image_bathymetry = Map of McPherson Co, Ks, USA.png

|caption_bathymetry = KDOT map of McPherson County (legend)

|location = McPherson County, Kansas

|coords = {{coord|38|14|50|N|97|43|09|W|format=dms|type:waterbody_region:US-KS_source:gnis|display=inline,title}}

|type = Lake

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|basin_countries = United States

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|area = {{convert|0.25|sqmi|abbr=on}}

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|elevation = {{convert|441|m|order=flip|abbr=on}}

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|cities = Inman, Groveland

| pushpin_map = Kansas#USA

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| pushpin_map_alt = Location of Lake Inman in Kansas, USA.

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|reference = {{cite GNIS|477318|Lake Inman|January 16, 2021|October 13, 1978}}

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Lake Inman is a small lake in McPherson County, Kansas, United States. It is located {{convert|2.5|mi|km}} northeast of the city of Inman. With a surface area of approximately {{convert|0.25|sqmi}}, it is the largest natural lake in the state.{{cite web | author=Jim Mason | year=2011 | title=McPherson Valley Wetlands | publisher=Natural Kansas | url=http://www.naturalkansas.org/mcpherso.htm | accessdate=1 April 2012}} It was named for frontiersman and author Henry Inman, who wrote articles about fishing that prompted Kansas legislation.{{cite book|author=Kansas|title=Combined Kansas Reports|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=teF24wzEOxMC&pg=RA7-PA7|year=1881|publisher=Kansas State Printing Plant.|page=7}}

Lake Inman is part of the McPherson Valley Wetlands, a disconnected complex of wetlands important for migrating waterfowl.