Quake Lake

lake in southwestern Montana, United States
LakeBodyOfWater lake Q3107167
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Quake Lake

Summary

Quake Lake is a lake[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,744 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Quake Lake is located in Madison County[3].
  • Quake Lake is located in Gallatin County[4].
  • Quake Lake is in the country of United States[5].
  • Quake Lake's instance of is recorded as lake[6].
  • Quake Lake's instance of is recorded as landslide-dammed lake[7].
  • Quake Lake's inflows is recorded as Madison River[8].
  • Quake Lake's outflows is recorded as Madison River[9].
  • Quake Lake's basin country is recorded as United States[10].
  • Quake Lake's Commons category is recorded as Quake Lake[11].
  • 1959 marks the founding of Quake Lake[12].
  • Quake Lake's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 44.852777777778, 'longitude': -111.39166666667}[13].
  • Quake Lake's has cause is recorded as 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake[14].
  • Quake Lake's length is recorded as {'amount': '+10'}[15].
  • Quake Lake sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+6391'}[16].
  • Quake Lake sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+1948'}[17].
  • Quake Lake's vertical depth is recorded as {'amount': '+58'}[18].
  • Quake Lake's drainage basin is recorded as Madison River basin[19].

Body

Geography

Quake Lake is in the country of United States[5]. Located in include Madison County[3], a county of Montana[20], in United States[21], founded in 1865[22] and Gallatin County[4], a county of Montana[23], in United States[24], founded in 1864[25].

Physical Characteristics

Elevations include {'amount': '+6391'}[16] and {'amount': '+1948'}[17]. Quake Lake's length is recorded as {'amount': '+10'}[15].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include lake[6] and landslide-dammed lake[7].

History and Context

1959 marks the founding of Quake Lake[12].

Why It Matters

Quake Lake ranks in the top 2% of lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,744 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception +1959-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Openstreetmap relation id 3930883
    Outflows Madison River
    Located in
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P402]]: 3930883, Adding OSM relation id claim from wikidata tag on relation/3930883 in United States"
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