Sauk County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 35.2. This is about average.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 19.3. This is about average. Closest monitor was 23.0 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 9.82. This is about average. Closest monitor was 5.0 miles away from the city center.
Lead (Pb) [µ/m3] level in 2005 was 0.00432. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 23.3 miles away from the city center.
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2004 was 1.51. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 5.0 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Merrimac and their reported violations in the past:
MERRY MACS CAMP N - CAMPGROUND WELLS (Population served: 80, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In MAY-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Boil Water Order (MAY-26-2004), St Public Notif requested (MAY-26-2004), St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAY-26-2004), St Public Notif received (JUN-04-2004), St Compliance achieved (JUN-09-2004)
Drinking water stations with addresses in Merrimac that have no violations reported:
- MERRY MACS CAMP N - STORE (Population served: 42, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 7.6%
(7.6% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This village: | 2.3 people | | Wisconsin: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This village: | 66.5% | | Whole state: | 66.4% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This village: | 3.0% | | Whole state: | 5.7% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Merrimac, WI
Merrimac compared to Wisconsin state average:
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (89%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Sauk County Wisconsin:
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Religion statistics for Merrimac (based on Sauk County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 64.84%
| Here |  | 64.8% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | United Methodist Church | Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | Lutheran Church |
| Adherents | 48.9% | 16.2% | 9.3% | 7.9% | 5.9% |
| Congregations | 11.7% | 10.4% | 18.2% | 10.4% | 7.8% |
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| Name | United Church of Christ | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Church of the Nazarene | Assemblies of God | Other |
| Adherents | 2.2% | 1.9% | 1.7% | 1.0% | 5.1% |
| Congregations | 2.6% | 3.9% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 29.9% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 16 | Sauk County: | 2.74 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 1.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | Here: | 0.17 / 10,000 pop. | | Wisconsin: | 0.11 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 41 | Sauk County: | 7.02 / 10,000 pop. | | Wisconsin: | 4.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 76 | This county: | 13.01 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 8.64 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Sauk County: | 8.1% | | Wisconsin: | 7.6% |
Adult obesity rate: | Sauk County: | 28.6% | | State: | 27.5% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $3,941 | $47,292 | 1 | $959 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 5 | $247 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 26 | $2,125 |
| Streets and Highways |
1 | $2,619 | $31,428 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 3 | $300 |
| Totals for Government |
2 | $6,560 | $39,360 | 35 | $3,631 |
Merrimac government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $66,000 ($157.14)
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $72,000 ($171.43)
Sewerage: $72,000 ($171.43)
Fire Protection: $51,000 ($121.43)
Regular Highways: $44,000 ($104.76)
Parks & Recreation: $33,000 ($78.57)
Solid Waste Management: $25,000 ($59.52)
Central Staff Services: $20,000 ($47.62)
Financial Administration: $17,000 ($40.48)
Judicial and Legal Services: $12,000 ($28.57)
General Public Buildings: $8,000 ($19.05)
Natural Resources - Other: $2,000 ($4.76)
General - Other: $2,000 ($4.76)
Health Services - Other: $2,000 ($4.76)
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $1,000 ($2.38)
- General - Interest on Debt: $8,000 ($19.05)
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General: $51,000 ($121.43)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $145,000 ($345.24)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $126,000 ($300.00)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $19,000 ($45.24)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $23,000 ($54.76)
Interest Earnings: $16,000 ($38.10)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $590,000 ($1404.76)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $49,000 ($116.67)
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $60,000 ($142.86)
General Support: $43,000 ($102.38)
Highways: $11,000 ($26.19)
- Tax - Property: $173,000 ($411.90)
NEC: $4,000 ($9.52)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $75,000 ($178.57)
6.79% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,230 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.79% | | Wisconsin average: | 6.06% |
0.12% of residents moved from foreign countries ($217 average AGI)| Sauk County: | 0.12% | | Wisconsin average: | 0.08% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.60% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,785 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.60% | | Wisconsin average: | 6.22% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Merrimac:
- WTSO (1070 AM; 10 kW; MADISON, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WLMV (1480 AM; 10 kW; MADISON, WI; Owner: MID-WEST MANAGEMENT, INC.)
- WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- WTDY (1670 AM; 10 kW; MADISON, WI; Owner: MID-WEST MANAGEMENT, INC.)
- WHA (970 AM; 5 kW; MADISON, WI; Owner: BOARD REGENTS OF UNIV OF WI SYSTEM)
- WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
- WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WHFA (1240 AM; 1 kW; POYNETTE, WI; Owner: STARBOARD BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WNWC (1190 AM; daytime; 5 kW; SUN PRAIRIE, WI; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- WISN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WIBA (1310 AM; 5 kW; MADISON, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WRPQ (740 AM; 0 kW; BARABOO, WI; Owner: BARABOO BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Merrimac:
- WOLX-FM (94.9 FM; BARABOO, WI; Owner: ENTERCOM MADISON LICENSE, LLC.)
- WCJZ (96.3 FM; SAUK CITY, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WERN (88.7 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- WIBA-FM (101.5 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WZEE (104.1 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WORT (89.9 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: BACK PORCH RADIO BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WDDC (100.1 FM; PORTAGE, WI; Owner: ZOE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- W215AQ (90.9 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- WBKY (95.9 FM; PORTAGE, WI; Owner: MAGNUM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WNWC-FM (102.5 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- WNNO-FM (106.9 FM; WISCONSIN DELLS, WI; Owner: MAGNUM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WNFM (104.9 FM; REEDSBURG, WI; Owner: NEWRADIO GROUP, LLC)
- WMMM-FM (105.5 FM; VERONA, WI; Owner: ENTERCOM MADISON LICENSE, LLC.)
- WBZU (105.1 FM; WAUNAKEE, WI; Owner: ENTERCOM MADISON LICENSE, LLC.)
- WMAD-FM (92.1 FM; SUN PRAIRIE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WBDL (102.9 FM; REEDSBURG, WI; Owner: NEWRADIO GROUP, LLC)
- WMGN (98.1 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: MID-WEST MANAGEMENT, INC.)
- WWQM-FM (106.3 FM; MIDDLETON, WI; Owner: MID-WEST MANAGEMENT INC.)
- WHIT-FM (93.1 FM; DE FOREST, WI; Owner: MID-WEST MANAGEMENT, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Merrimac:
- WISC-TV (Channel 3; MADISON, WI; Owner: TELEVISION WISCONSIN, INC.)
- WMSN-TV (Channel 47; MADISON, WI; Owner: WMSN LICENSEE, LLC)
- WKOW-TV (Channel 27; MADISON, WI; Owner: WKOW TELEVISION, INC.)
- WHA-TV (Channel 21; MADISON, WI; Owner: BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM)
- W58CO (Channel 58; SAULT STE. MARIE, MI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- WMTV (Channel 15; MADISON, WI; Owner: GRAY MIDAMERICA TV LICENSEE CORP.)
- WDLS-LP (Channel 35; TOMAH, WI; Owner: MAGNUM RADIO, INC.)
- W38CT (Channel 38; MADISON, WI; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- W23BW (Channel 23; MADISON, WI; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
Merrimac fatal accident list:
Feb 10, 1980 01:00 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 1
Total length: 1 meters (3ft)
Total average daily traffic: 75
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1 - Lat: 43.381389 Lon: -89.640556, Call Sign: WQCT244
Assigned Frequencies: 457.687 MHz, 457.087 MHz, 457.637 MHz Grant Date: 05/18/2005, Expiration Date: 05/18/2015, Certifier: John A Gallus
Registrant: Cara Enterprises, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT 84117-0503, Phone: (801) 278-9728, Fax: (801) 278-7239, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 6 - Call Sign: N9LKY, Licensee ID: L00206284
Grant Date: 05/01/2001, Expiration Date: 05/21/2011
Registrant: James M Paul Jr, Box 215, Merrimac, WI 53561 - Call Sign: N9SZD, Licensee ID: L00610355
Grant Date: 12/30/2002, Expiration Date: 03/30/2013, Certifier: Carolyn A Dahlke
Registrant: Carolyn A Dahlke, E14458a Hwy Dl, Merrimac, WI 53561 - Call Sign: N9VWI, Licensee ID: L00751223
Grant Date: 10/16/2003, Expiration Date: 12/28/2013, Certifier: John C Nelson Jr
Registrant: John C Nelson Jr, S7175a Bluff Rd 23, Merrimac, WI 53561 - Call Sign: WA9VZP, Licensee ID: L00417654
Grant Date: 04/27/2004, Expiration Date: 07/15/2014, Certifier: Frank J Olah
Registrant: Frank J Olah, E12629 Weigands Bay S, Merrimac, WI 53561 - Call Sign: WB9BPS, Licensee ID: L00614935
Grant Date: 09/17/2005, Expiration Date: 12/04/2015
Registrant: Thomas R Luck, S7659 Eagle Point Drive, Merrimac, WI 53561 - Call Sign: KC9IZG, Licensee ID: L01126283
Grant Date: 03/08/2006, Expiration Date: 03/08/2016, Certifier: Christopher A Martin
Registrant: Christopher A Martin, S 7241 State Rd 78, Merrimac, WI 53561
FAA Registered Aircraft: 10 ( See the full list of FAA Registered Aircraft in Merrimac)
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