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 35.5. This is about average.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 19.3. This is about average. Closest monitor was 21.0 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 10.0. This is about average. Closest monitor was 10.4 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 22.8 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 10.4 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Prairie du Sac and their reported violations in the past:
MUELLER SPORTS MEDICINE - GUEST HOUSE (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One regular monitoring violation
Drinking water stations with addresses in Prairie du Sac that have no violations reported:
- LAKE WISCONSIN COUNTRY CLUB (Population served: 170, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- PRAIRIE DU SAC TOWN HALL (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 2.4%
(2.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents, 11.3% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This village: | 2.4 people | | Wisconsin: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This village: | 65.2% | | Whole state: | 66.4% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This village: | 7.6% | | Whole state: | 5.7% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Prairie du Sac, WI
Prairie du Sac compared to Wisconsin state average:
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Sauk County Wisconsin:
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Religion statistics for Prairie du Sac (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 |
2 | $5,798 | $34,788 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
2 | $9,040 | $54,240 | 7 | $356 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 40 | $1,614 |
| Streets and Highways |
3 | $7,091 | $28,364 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
0 | $0 | | 13 | $1,665 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $5,251 | $63,012 | 0 | $0 |
| Electric Power |
0 | $0 | | 3 | $523 |
| Local Libraries |
2 | $6,266 | $37,596 | 12 | $15,032 |
| Totals for Government |
10 | $33,446 | $40,135 | 75 | $19,190 |
Prairie du Sac government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $296,000 ($74.32)
Solid Waste Management: $218,000 ($54.73)
All Other: $37,000 ($9.29)
Parks & Recreation: $1,000 ($0.25)
- Construction - Regular Highways: $453,000 ($113.73)
- Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $1,863,000 ($467.74)
Police Protection: $393,000 ($98.67)
Solid Waste Management: $304,000 ($76.32)
Water Utilities: $278,000 ($69.80)
Regular Highways: $240,000 ($60.26)
Sewerage: $233,000 ($58.50)
Libraries: $211,000 ($52.98)
General - Other: $98,000 ($24.60)
Fire Protection: $73,000 ($18.33)
Central Staff Services: $72,000 ($18.08)
Parks & Recreation: $72,000 ($18.08)
Financial Administration: $61,000 ($15.32)
General Public Buildings: $39,000 ($9.79)
Health Services - Other: $17,000 ($4.27)
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $12,000 ($3.01)
Natural Resources - Other: $6,000 ($1.51)
Judicial and Legal Services: $6,000 ($1.51)
Air Transportation: $4,000 ($1.00)
- Electric Utilities - Interest on Debt: $50,000 ($12.55)
- General - Interest on Debt: $433,000 ($108.71)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $35,000 ($8.79)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Electric Utilities: $830,000 ($208.39)
Water Utilities: $87,000 ($21.84)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $6,392,000 ($1604.82)
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Electric Utilities: $760,000 ($190.81)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $6,008,000 ($1508.41)
Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $86,000 ($21.59)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Electric Utilities: $760,000 ($190.81)
Other, NEC: $154,000 ($38.66)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Electric Utilities: $830,000 ($208.39)
Other, NEC: $230,000 ($57.75)
Water Utilities: $1,000 ($0.25)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $158,000 ($39.67)
Rents: $29,000 ($7.28)
Special Assessments: $14,000 ($3.51)
General Revenue, NEC: $10,000 ($2.51)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $3,145,000 ($789.61)
- Revenue - Electric Utilities: $1,862,000 ($467.49)
Water Utilities: $343,000 ($86.12)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $797,000 ($200.10)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $380,000 ($95.41)
Highways: $175,000 ($43.94)
All Other: $30,000 ($7.53)
- Tax - Property: $1,100,000 ($276.17)
NEC: $77,000 ($19.33)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $603,000 ($151.39)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $5,000 ($1.26)
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 Prairie du Sac:
- WLMV (1480 AM; 10 kW; MADISON, WI; Owner: MID-WEST MANAGEMENT, INC.)
- WTSO (1070 AM; 10 kW; MADISON, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- 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)
- WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
- WIBA (1310 AM; 5 kW; MADISON, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WNWC (1190 AM; daytime; 5 kW; SUN PRAIRIE, WI; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- WISN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WTUX (1550 AM; daytime; 5 kW; MADISON, WI)
- WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Prairie du Sac:
- 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.)
- W215AQ (90.9 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- WNWC-FM (102.5 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- WMMM-FM (105.5 FM; VERONA, WI; Owner: ENTERCOM MADISON LICENSE, LLC.)
- WWQM-FM (106.3 FM; MIDDLETON, WI; Owner: MID-WEST MANAGEMENT INC.)
- WMGN (98.1 FM; MADISON, WI; Owner: MID-WEST MANAGEMENT, INC.)
- WNFM (104.9 FM; REEDSBURG, WI; Owner: NEWRADIO GROUP, LLC)
- WDDC (100.1 FM; PORTAGE, WI; Owner: ZOE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WBDL (102.9 FM; REEDSBURG, WI; Owner: NEWRADIO GROUP, LLC)
- WMAD-FM (92.1 FM; SUN PRAIRIE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WBZU (105.1 FM; WAUNAKEE, WI; Owner: ENTERCOM MADISON LICENSE, LLC.)
- WNNO-FM (106.9 FM; WISCONSIN DELLS, WI; Owner: MAGNUM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WBKY (95.9 FM; PORTAGE, WI; Owner: MAGNUM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Prairie du Sac:
- 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.)
- W38CT (Channel 38; MADISON, WI; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- WDLS-LP (Channel 35; TOMAH, WI; Owner: MAGNUM RADIO, INC.)
- W23BW (Channel 23; MADISON, WI; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
Fatal road traffic accident statistics for 1975 - 2009 (per 100,000 population)
Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin:
- Fatal accident count: 3
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 3
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 0
- Fatalities: 3
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 5
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
Wisconsin average:
- Fatal accident count: 81
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 121
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 34
- Fatalities: 88
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 202
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 11
Prairie du Sac fatal accident list:
Jul 19, 2005 08:31 PM, Grand Ave, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Jul 26, 1978 05:25 PM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Jul 2, 1978 01:52 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Prairie du Sac)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 12 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1 - Prairie Du Sac Generation Plant (Lat: 43.311389 Lon: -89.729278), Type: Pole, Structure height: 23 m, Call Sign: WPNZ314
Assigned Frequencies: 37.6000 MHz, 37.7800 MHz Grant Date: 05/18/2004, Expiration Date: 08/09/2014, Certifier: Jim Teach
Registrant: Wisconsin Power And Light Company, 4902 Bilmore Lane Telecommunication Dept, Madison, WI 53718, Phone: (608) 458-0409, Fax: (608) 458-0114, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 3 - SAUK CITY, E10554 Prairie Rd (Lat: 43.313306 Lon: -89.798722), Overall height: 61 m, Call Sign: WMS827
Assigned Frequencies: 2118.40 MHz Grant Date: 09/12/1995, Expiration Date: 02/01/2001, Cancellation Date: 05/06/2001
Registrant: Wisconsin Rsa No 8 Limited Partnership, 8410 West Bryn Mawr Ave Ste 700, Chigago, IL 60631 - Sauk City, E10554 Prairie Rd (Lat: 43.313333 Lon: -89.798722), Type: Tower, Structure height: 56.4 m, Overall height: 61 m, Call Sign: WPTD851
Assigned Frequencies: 2118.40 MHz Grant Date: 09/06/2001, Expiration Date: 03/06/2002, Cancellation Date: 06/09/2002, Certifier: Vicki Schultheis
Registrant: Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP, 3000 K St., N.W. Suite 300, Washington, DC 20007, Phone: (202) 424-7500, Fax: (202) 424-7645, Email:
- Sauk City, E10554 Prairie Rd (Sauk City) (Lat: 43.313694 Lon: -89.798083), Type: Tower, Structure height: 56.4 m, Overall height: 60.6 m, Call Sign: WPTG756
Assigned Frequencies: 6805.00 MHz Grant Date: 10/01/2001, Expiration Date: 06/15/2011, Certifier: Vicki Schultheis
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy, #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30009-7630, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Fax: (770) 797-1036, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 17 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Prairie du Sac)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 8 ( See the full list of FAA Registered Aircraft in Prairie du Sac)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
Businesses in Prairie du Sac, WI
- FedEx: 1
- U-Haul: 1
- UPS: 2
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