---
type: lake
name: "Quamba Lake"
county: "Kanabec"
nearest_town: "Quamba"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 226
max_depth_ft: 11
latitude: 45.89768
longitude: -93.17391
lake_score: 49
dnr_lake_id: "33001500"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kanabec-county/quamba-lake
---

# Quamba Lake

Lake in Kanabec County, Minnesota, near Quamba

- **Surface Area**: 226 acres
- **Max Depth**: 11 ft
- **Average Depth**: 7 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.7 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 3.2 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 2 public boat launches (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 49/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Quamba Lake is a 226-acre lake near Quamba in Kanabec County, Minnesota. It reaches 11 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 7 feet, and has roughly 3.7 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 3.2 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 19 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, white crappie, and bluegill. The DNR has stocking records for the lake, so check the stocking report for the most recent species and year classes. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2024.

There are 2 public boat launches (gravel or earth surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR and township. Ice typically goes out around April 12, based on 7 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 2 public boat launches (gravel or earth)
- **Managed by**: Minnesota DNR, township
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 19
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2024
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, White Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Channel Catfish, Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Freshwater Drum, Greater Redhorse, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 12
- **Years of record**: 7
- **Earliest**: 2017-03-30
- **Latest**: 2018-04-30

## Nearby Lakes

- [Pokegama Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pine-county/pokegama-lake) - 7.3 miles, 1,521 acres
- [Fish Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kanabec-county/fish-lake) - 8 miles, 506 acres
- [Pomroy Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kanabec-county/pomroy-lake) - 8.1 miles, 412 acres
- [Knife Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kanabec-county/knife-lake) - 8.1 miles, 1,259 acres
- [Pennington Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kanabec-county/pennington-lake) - 9.4 miles, 128 acres
- [Lake Ann](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kanabec-county/lake-ann) - 11 miles, 653 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.89768,-93.17391)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=33001500)
- [All lakes in Kanabec County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kanabec-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kanabec-county/quamba-lake)*