Power Outages in Bureau County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Bureau County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.1 hours.
Bureau County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
Bureau 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.
- Special Weather StatementMODERATE
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Bureau County has been under 5 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Air Quality Alert on July 18, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×4
- Air Quality Alert ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Bureau County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Bureau County went about 2.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 7,252 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 7,252 customers out) · decade average 4.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 365 | 2,289 | 3.5 |
| 2016 | 343 | 1,568 | 1.6 |
| 2017 | 223 | 1,963 | 2.0 |
| 2018 | 442 | 4,102 | 5.3 |
| 2019 | 531 | 3,667 | 5.8 |
| 2020 | 543 | 7,252 | 15.3 |
| 2021 | 532 | 1,541 | 2.7 |
| 2022 | 493 | 2,835 | 2.0 |
| 2023 | 454 | 5,850 | 9.4 |
| 2024 | 444 | 1,631 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 480 | 1,099 | 2.1 |
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 4.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Bureau County: FAQ
- How often does Bureau County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Bureau County, IL logged 480 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Bureau County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 7,252 customers without power, beginning August 10, 2020 and lasting about 5d.
- Is there a power outage in Bureau County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Bureau County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Bureau County.
61312, 61314, 61315, 61317, 61320, 61322, 61323, 61328, 61329, 61330, 61337, 61338, 61344, 61345, 61346, 61349, 61356, 61359, 61361, 61362, 61368, 61374, 61376, 61379
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17011 and /api/v1/counties/17011/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).