Desert Lake is a ghost town in Castle Valley in northern Emery County, Utah, United States.

[2] The LDS Church provided $1000 to rebuild the dam, and also to extend a ditch southwest to Cleveland.

An LDS church, a general store, several frame homes, and a school were constructed.

[6] A problem throughout the valley occurred as farmers irrigated land, which dropped the water table and caused alkali in the soil to rise.

[4] As the alkali in the soil concentrated, the residents of Desert Lake moved about 6 miles (9.7 km) away and founded the town of Victor.