Where is Kekekabic Lake?

Kekekabic Lake is a lake in Lake County, Minnesota. Its water-quality measurements are published by Minnesota PCA and shown on this page as reported.

How deep is Kekekabic Lake?

Kekekabic Lake has a maximum depth of 130 feet. The lake covers 54.91 acres.

Can I fish at Kekekabic Lake?

Public access to Kekekabic Lake is listed as no on the lake record, so confirm before you make the trip. Seasons, size and bag limits, and whether you need a license are set by Minnesota's fish and wildlife agency, so check its current regulations before you go.

Kekekabic Lake

Lake County, Minnesota55 acresView map Directions

Minnesota PCA publishes the water-quality measurements for Kekekabic Lake. Here is what has been measured.

Clarity

19 ft

Clearer than most

Secchi · sampled 2025

Max depth

130 ft

Bathymetric survey

Area

55 acres

Surface area

Trend

Stable

5 years of samples

Shoreline

1.3 mi

Measured length

Impaired · Mercury
130 ft max depth
Limited data

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Kekekabic Lake in Lake County, Minnesota has water-quality measurements published by Minnesota PCA, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 19 ft visibility. Maximum depth: 130 ft. Surface area: 54.91 acres.

Minnesota DNR's Standard Survey on September 14, 1988 caught 18.00 lake trout per gill net at Kekekabic Lake. DNR survey details →

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Kekekabic Lake is a 55-acre lake in Lake County, Minnesota with a maximum depth of 130 feet. Limited fish-species data available. No public access — the lake is private or restricted.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Minnesota DNR LakeFinder, last sampled 2025-07-11. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Kekekabic Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Clear water19 ft of visibility
Deep water130 ft surveyed max depth

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Kekekabic Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Kekekabic Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the Minnesota DNR and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Kekekabic Lake

These are the measurements Minnesota PCA publishes for Kekekabic Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

Crystal clear, you can see 19 ft down. TSI 35.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	19ft	Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.
Total phosphorus		No reading The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential.
Chlorophyll-a (algae)		No reading The green pigment in algae — a direct measure of how much algae is in the water.
Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a.	35	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.

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DNR fisheries survey

Minnesota DNR's Standard Survey on September 14, 1988 caught 18.00 lake trout per gill net at Kekekabic Lake.

A DNR fisheries survey reports fish abundance and catch rates, not water quality. LakeQuality shows Kekekabic Lake’s water-quality measurements separately, and the water-quality trend over 5 years of monitoring is stable. Catch rate is not a swim clearance and is not a weekly bite report.

DNR Fisheries Survey Summary

1 survey on file from MN DNR Fisheries. Most recent: 1988-09-14 (Standard Survey).

1 survey on file · most recent 1988-09-14 (Standard Survey)

38 years old

Species	Catch rate (CPUE)	Avg weight
Lake Trout	18.00	0.98 lb
White Sucker	5.00	0.88 lb
Yellow Perch	2.00	0.1 lb

CPUE = catch per unit effort, fish caught per net per set in a standardised survey. It measures abundance, not size, and is not a weekly bite report.

From the 1988-09-14 survey

A deep water gillnet set shows lake trout and white sucker are present in above average numbers. Yellow perch are also present. Lake trout natural reproduction is good; three of eight trout captured were under 12 18 tile lake

Source: MN DNR LakeFinder Fisheries Lake Survey

DNR Reports & Resources

Minnesota DNR LakeFinder publishes lake survey, fish stocking, water access, and aquatic plant data for Kekekabic Lake. 1 report on file.

These links open on the official state DNR websites (Wisconsin DNR survey PDFs · Minnesota DNR LakeFinder).

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Fisheries Lake Survey — Kek
Fisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder

Lake Details

Max depth

130 ft

Surface area

55 acres

Shoreline

1.3 mi

Littoral zone

11%

Share shallower than 15 ft

Public access

Listed by Minnesota PCA

Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area

13 sq mi

HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS

Elevation

1,483 ft

Size, shoreline, and watershed area from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS).

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Fishing Kekekabic Lake

Water Quality Trend: Stable

Based on 5 years of monitoring (2020–2025).

Water clarity
Stable
5 years

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EPA Impairment Status

Kekekabic Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2024 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).

Causes of impairment

Mercury

Designated uses not supporting: Fish consumption.

Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit MN38-0226-00 · Official waterbody report

Nearby Lakes in Lake County

Kek Lake19.5 ft clear—View →Sema Lake—View →Strup Lake10 ft clear—View →Wisini Lake10 ft clear—View →Bakekana Lake—View →Pickle Lake12 ft clear—View →

Frequently asked questions about Kekekabic Lake

Where is Kekekabic Lake?: Kekekabic Lake is a lake in Lake County, Minnesota. Its water-quality measurements are published by Minnesota PCA and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Kekekabic Lake?: Kekekabic Lake in Lake County, Minnesota has water-quality measurements published by Minnesota PCA, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 19 ft visibility. Maximum depth: 130 ft. Surface area: 54.91 acres.
Is Kekekabic Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Kekekabic Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Kekekabic Lake?: Kekekabic Lake has a maximum depth of 130 feet. The lake covers 54.91 acres.
What did the DNR fisheries survey find at Kekekabic Lake?: Minnesota DNR's Standard Survey on September 14, 1988 caught 18.00 lake trout per gill net at Kekekabic Lake. A DNR fisheries survey reports fish abundance and catch rates, not water quality. LakeQuality shows Kekekabic Lake’s water-quality measurements separately, and the water-quality trend over 5 years of monitoring is stable. Catch rate is not a swim clearance and is not a weekly bite report.
Can I fish at Kekekabic Lake?: Public access to Kekekabic Lake is listed as no on the lake record, so confirm before you make the trip. Seasons, size and bag limits, and whether you need a license are set by Minnesota's fish and wildlife agency, so check its current regulations before you go.

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Where this data comes from

69 measurements from 27 monitoring stations, 2020–2025. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.

Collected and reported by

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Ambient Surface WaterMNPCA69 samples · 2020–2025

Analytical methods

Field measurement/observation, generic method

Monitoring station identifiers (27)

EPA condition classes from the National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See where the data comes from and data sources.

Other records on this page

Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database

Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)

Lake details from Minnesota DNR LakeFinder