Power Outages in Clay County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Clay County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.7 hours.
Clay County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
Clay 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.
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Clay 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 Clay County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Clay County went about 0.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,589 customers.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 5,589 customers out) · decade average 1.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 76 | 895 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | 134 | 395 | 0.4 |
| 2017 | 82 | 313 | 0.2 |
| 2018 | 319 | 5,589 | 5.4 |
| 2019 | 321 | 2,421 | 2.3 |
| 2020 | 167 | 1,002 | 0.6 |
| 2021 | 116 | 924 | 0.9 |
| 2022 | 124 | 835 | 0.9 |
| 2023 | 141 | 860 | 0.7 |
| 2024 | 111 | 1,378 | 1.8 |
| 2025 | 124 | 816 | 0.7 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 1.3 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 Clay County: FAQ
- How often does Clay County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Clay County, IL logged 124 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Clay County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,589 customers without power, beginning June 2, 2018 and lasting about 14h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Clay County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Clay County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Clay County.
62426, 62434, 62824, 62839, 62858, 62879, 62899
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17025 and /api/v1/counties/17025/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).