Power Outages in Alexander County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Alexander County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 7.5 hours.
Alexander County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
Alexander 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.
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
Alexander County has been under 7 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×3
- Flood Watch ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Alexander County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Alexander County went about 7.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 882 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 737 customers out) · decade average 3.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 66 | 666 | 4.9 |
| 2016 | 48 | 663 | 2.5 |
| 2017 | 33 | 882 | 4.4 |
| 2018 | 79 | 837 | 3.8 |
| 2019 | 78 | 781 | 4.9 |
| 2020 | 63 | 549 | 1.8 |
| 2021 | 41 | 547 | 2.7 |
| 2022 | 52 | 382 | 2.3 |
| 2023 | 57 | 747 | 2.1 |
| 2024 | 53 | 502 | 2.4 |
| 2025 | 61 | 737 | 7.5 |
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 3.6 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 Alexander County: FAQ
- How often does Alexander County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Alexander County, IL logged 61 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 7.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Alexander County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 882 customers without power, beginning March 1, 2017 and lasting about 11h 45m.
- Is there a power outage in Alexander County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Alexander County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Alexander County.
62914, 62957, 62962, 62969, 62988, 62990
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17003 and /api/v1/counties/17003/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).