| Official Name: | Cataract, Wisconsin |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Wisconsin |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Wisconsin |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Monroe |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.594 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.594 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 186 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 850 |
| Coordinates: | 44.0878°N -90.8422°W |
| Area Code: | 608 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 1562802 |
Cataract is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Little Falls in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 186.[1]
Cataract has an area of 0.594mi2, all of it land.
The Paul and Matilda Wegner Grotto, located southwest of the village, is an outdoor collection of concrete folk-art sculptures encrusted with shards of glass, ceramics, seashells, and other materials. These have a variety of themes, including religious and patriotic subjects and more personal mementos of the lives of Paul and Matilda Wegner. The grotto was built between 1929 and 1942 by the Wegners on their farm, and is now owned by Monroe County and maintained by an endowment established for that purpose.[2]
Southeast of Cataract is The Little Falls Railroad & Doll Museum, with a garden railway, model railroad layout, and doll collection.[3]
The Walczak-Wontor Quarry Pit Workshop is located in the vicinity of Cataract; it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.