Madison Lake (Minnesota)

Madison Lake (sometimes styled Lake Madison[1]) is a lake in Le Sueur County, Minnesota, United States.[2] The lake covers an area of 1,446 acres (5.85 km2) and is 59 feet (18 m) deep at its deepest point.[3] It is named after President James Madison[4] The city of Madison Lake, Minnesota is located on the Northwest shoreline of the lake. The lake and the Point Pleasant resort have been long-noted fishing destinations.[5][6] Madison Lake is part of the Le Sueur River watershed.

Madison Lake
Madison Lake
LocationBlue Earth County, Minnesota
Coordinates44.189663°N 93.813126°W / 44.189663; -93.813126
Typelake
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area1,446 acres (5.85 km2)
Max. depth59 ft (18 m)
Shore length112 mi (19 km)
Surface elevation1,017 ft (310 m)
Islands0
Settlements0
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Ice Out Data

Madison Lake is notable in that reliable climatology data has been maintained for the last ice or "Ice Out" on the lake since 1927.[7] Local residents Mary and Dennis Buschkowsky measured diligently from 1977 through 2018[8] Frank McCabe measured from 1940 to 1977. Data was recorded on a nearby barn from 1927 to 1940[9][10] The earliest ice-out recorded on the lake was March 8, 2000. The latest was April 30, 2018.[11]

References
  1. Minnesota. State Entomologist (1914). Report, State Entomologist of Minnesota to the Governor. Agricultural Experiment Station. pp. 1–.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Madison Lake (Minnesota)
  3. Madison Lake. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
  4. Warren Upham (2001). Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. Minnesota Historical Society Press. pp. 64–. ISBN 978-0-87351-396-8.
  5. W. H. Steele (1912). Memories of By-gone Days. Beacon Press. pp. 160–. September days at Madison Lake
  6. A Summer Holiday: A Brief Description of Some of the Most Noted Summer Resorts in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota, and the Best Routes by which They Can be Reached. Rand, McNally & Company, printers. 1884.
  7. Nienaber, Dan - For science, watching the ice fade on Madison Lake. St. Paul Pioneer Press, April 19, 2013
  8. Nienaber, Dan - Madison Lake’s official ice-out monitors maintain a history of spring. Mankato Free Press, April 13, 2013
  9. Krohn, Tim - Lakes free of ice, water levels high. Mankato Free Press, April 17, 2019
  10. Arola, Brian - Cold spring could bring historically late ice-outs Mankato Free Press, April 15, 2018
  11. Arola, Brian - Spring in, ice out — finally Mankato Free Press, May 1, 2018


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