Water report · Lake Mendota
Lake Mendota water level
Updated 6:00 PM UTC, Aug 13
Gage height, past 30 days
9.58 to 9.96 ft over the window.
On this water
No member has posted conditions here lately. The gauge says what the water is doing; an angler who was standing in it says what that felt like.
Post a reportUSGS monitoring location 05428000, LAKE MENDOTA AT MADISON, WI, 2.6 miles from the centre of Lake Mendota. Provisional data, subject to revision. Values refresh every 30 minutes. Readings describe the reservoir at the gauge; a shallow arm miles upstream will not match them.
About this gauge
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 05428000, LAKE MENDOTA AT MADISON, WI, 2.6 miles from the centre of Lake Mendota. It reports reservoir elevation and gage height. Values refresh every 30 minutes and are provisional until the agency reviews them. Readings describe the reservoir at the gauge; a shallow arm miles upstream will not match them.
Lake Mendota fishing records
The gauge is half the picture. The other half is what came out of the water: verified catches, the current record, and the anglers holding it.
See the Lake Mendota record book