Power Outages in DeSoto County, FL
No live outage feed is available for DeSoto County, FL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.3 hours.
DeSoto County, FL is served by local tracked utilities.
DeSoto County's utilities do not report live data to ODIN, so real-time outage counts aren't available here. The historical record below is complete.
No active NWS alerts for DeSoto County right now.
DeSoto County has been under 2 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in DeSoto County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in DeSoto County went about 1.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 29,686 customers.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 18,738 customers out) · decade average 17.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 603 | 6,554 | 3.0 |
| 2016 | 641 | 3,022 | 2.8 |
| 2017 | 578 | 29,686 | 61.9 |
| 2018 | 588 | 2,841 | 2.3 |
| 2019 | 601 | 2,626 | 2.1 |
| 2020 | 557 | 3,046 | 1.8 |
| 2021 | 571 | 2,652 | 2.3 |
| 2022 | 533 | 18,738 | 96.9 |
| 2023 | 602 | 2,691 | 2.0 |
| 2024 | 558 | 6,693 | 18.6 |
| 2025 | 384 | 2,400 | 1.3 |
Relatively High hurricanes exposure · 17.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in DeSoto County: FAQ
- How often does DeSoto County, FL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, DeSoto County, FL logged 384 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in DeSoto County, FL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 29,686 customers without power, beginning September 9, 2017 and lasting about 12d.
- Is there a power outage in DeSoto County, FL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for DeSoto County, FL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within DeSoto County.
34266, 34267, 34268, 34269
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/12027 and /api/v1/counties/12027/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Florida customers).