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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

0 - 15000 cfs

06h34m

~ cfs

Cited gauge is in Muscoda, about 44 miles downriver, therefore will not accurately reflect changes in outflow at dam above this location.

Range	Water Level	Difficulty	Comment
0 - 500 cfs	barely runnable-high runnable	II	Rarely ever (never?) gets this low.
500 -15000 cfs	barely runnable-high runnable	II	Should be some play possible.
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
1y61d06h48m	Wisconsin River [WI]	Squirt du Sac	5000