Cameras / Wisconsin / Cottage Grove
License plate readers in Cottage Grove, WI
Volunteers have documented 10 automated license plate readers inside Cottage Grove. That is the 40th-largest total among the 45 Wisconsin cities indexed here, and 0.5% of the statewide total. At 2.1 per square mile it is more densely covered than 60% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed August 9, 2026.
10
readers documented
2.1
per square mile
40th
of 45 indexed Wisconsin cities · 2,208th of 2,395 nationally
0.5%
of Wisconsin’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 8 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- pole (2), street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 4.7 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
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