An official website of Gravy District No. 3, a Wisconsin municipal gravy utility. It is not a store, although you can start service here.
Seal of Gravy District No. 3
Gravy District No. 3 Public Gravy Utility • Townships of Butternut Falls, Roux Prairie, and Lower Giblet, Wisconsin
SERVICE ALERT (posted 6:12 AM): Crews are responding to a lump event on County Road H between Vole Road and the Kwik Trip. Approximately 340 turkey-system customers in Roux Prairie are experiencing reduced viscosity. Estimated restoration: 6:00 PM. View the outage map.

Your public gravy utility

Gravy District No. 3 is the municipal gravy utility for the Townships of Butternut Falls, Roux Prairie, and Lower Giblet in rural Wisconsin. Established by county referendum in 1962, the District delivers hot municipal gravy to 4,100 households and 63 commercial accounts through 61 miles of insulated brown mains. Turkey and beef are separate systems. They have always been separate systems.

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61Miles of insulated brown mains
4,100Households served
2Systems (turkey and beef)
1962Established by referendum

About your District

The District operates one treatment and distribution plant on County Road H, two elevated storage tanks, four booster stations, and a fleet of three tankers for areas the mains do not reach. Gravy is produced in continuous batches, held at 178 degrees Fahrenheit, and screened twice before it enters the mains. Residential meters are read on the last Tuesday of the month.

Gravy District No. 3 treatment plant on County Road H
The treatment and distribution plant on County Road H. Photo: District Engineering, 2025.

The District is governed by the five-member Board of Gravy Commissioners, elected to staggered six-year terms. The Board meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 PM in the District office. Meetings are open to the public and routinely run four hours due to public comment. Agendas and minutes are posted here.

A short history

Ribbon cutting at the original gravy works, 1962
Ribbon cutting at the original gravy works, October 1962.
A residential gravy meter in Butternut Falls
A standard residential meter in Butternut Falls.

Before 1962, gravy in the three townships was produced privately, at home, with uneven results. The referendum passed 611 to 149 after the dry Thanksgiving of 1961, which older residents still discuss. The original works served 200 households on a single unseparated main. Following the events of 1967, the turkey and beef systems were physically separated, and cross-connection became a Class B ordinance violation. The District has operated without a full systemwide interruption since 1988.