John Young House · Photo: Boscophotos · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Muscoda, WI: what to set up and who to call
Muscoda runs its own electric utility, Village of Muscoda; its homes paid 11.4¢ per kWh in 2025. To register to vote, go to the Village of Muscoda Clerk: Muscoda runs its own elections.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Muscoda, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Muscoda.
Power comes from Village of Muscoda
Village of Muscoda (Village of Muscoda - (WI)), a municipal utility, serves all of Muscoda. Its homes paid an average of 11.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $76 a month (its average across Wisconsin).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Muscoda Waterworks
Muscoda Waterworks supplies Muscoda: about 96% of residents live in its service area. About 4% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 1,453 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 2.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 79% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. WI1220112.
3 home internet providers serve Muscoda
94% of 612 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 70% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mediacom Xtream | Cable | 92% | 1,000/50 |
| Brightspeed | Fiber, DSL | 71% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Bug Tussel | Fixed wireless | 27% | 50/8 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Muscoda’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Muscoda.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Muscoda is in Riverdale School District.
BSchool gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Apr 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Muscoda is in ZIP code 53573
ZIP codes where Muscoda residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Muscoda | ZIP’s residents in Muscoda |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53573 | Muscoda, WI | 100% | 43% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Muscoda
Who supplies Muscoda’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Muscoda Waterworks (EPA ID WI1220112). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.6 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Muscoda?
Village of Muscoda (Village of Muscoda - (WI)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 11.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Muscoda?
Mediacom Xtream, Brightspeed, Bug Tussel (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Muscoda?
53573. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Muscoda in?
Riverdale School District.
How do I register to vote in Muscoda?
In Wisconsin you can register online until 20 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 20 days before). Elections here are run by the Village of Muscoda Clerk. Check your registration at myvote.wi.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.