Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

Visual. Cited USGS gauge is in Muscoda, about 44 miles downriver. No dams intervene, but be aware that significant changes in flow from the Prairie du Sac dam will not be reflected on this gauge until many hours later.

Features reportedly wash-out above 15,000 cfs, otherwise this area is "almost always playable."

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
WISCONSIN RIVER AT MUSCODA, WI
usgs-05407000 500 - 15000 cfs II 01h55m ~ 6990 cfs (rc= 0.5 )
Intermediate playable range.
Cited gauge is in Muscoda, about 44 miles downriver, therefore will not accurately reflect changes in outflow at dam above this location.
RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
0 - 500 cfs extremely Low-barely Low II Rarely ever (never?) gets this low.
500 -5000 cfs barely runnable-med runnable II Low/playable range.
5000 -10000 cfs med runnable-a bit pushy runnable II Intermediate playable range.
10000 -15000 cfs a bit pushy runnable-high runnable II High playable range. (Big, powerful, pushy, swirly.)
15000 -99999 cfs barely High-extremely High II Generally washed out and relatively impossible to play much.

Report - Reports of Wisconsin E) Prairie du Sac (PnP) and related gauges

Reports give the public a chance to report on river conditions throughout the country as well as log the history of a river.

Reports

When River/Gauge Subject Level Reporter
Wisconsin [WI] WI, Wisconsin River, Prairie du Sac n/a Thomas O'Keefe
1y232d13h42m @Wisconsin E) Prairie du Sac (PnP) [WI] Dam Wave/Hole n/a user: "mcoopdesign"
1y235d15h08m @Wisconsin E) Prairie du Sac (PnP) [WI] Cobler Wave n/a user: "mcoopdesign"
3y102d11h08m Wisconsin River [WI] Squirt du Sac 5000