Power Outages in Gem County, ID
No live outage feed is available for Gem County, ID yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.9 hours.
Gem County, ID is served by local tracked utilities.
Gem 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 Gem County right now.
Gem County has been under 21 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 18, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×13
- Heat Advisory ×6
- Red Flag Warning ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Gem County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Gem County went about 3.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 11,910 customers.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 3,961 customers out) · decade average 2.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 149 | 0.1 |
| 2016 | 35 | 6,754 | 2.8 |
| 2017 | 50 | 6,753 | 3.0 |
| 2018 | 42 | 2,003 | 0.7 |
| 2019 | 35 | 1,361 | 1.3 |
| 2020 | 48 | 7,212 | 3.5 |
| 2021 | 57 | 3,961 | 5.3 |
| 2022 | 47 | 7,530 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 52 | 1,595 | 1.0 |
| 2024 | 90 | 11,910 | 4.8 |
| 2025 | 67 | 6,949 | 3.9 |
Relatively Moderate wildfire exposure · 2.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Gem County: FAQ
- How often does Gem County, ID lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Gem County, ID logged 67 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Gem County, ID?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 11,910 customers without power, beginning November 18, 2024 and lasting about 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Gem County, ID right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Gem County, ID. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Gem County.
83617, 83636, 83657, 83670
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/16045 and /api/v1/counties/16045/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Idaho customers).