Power Outages in DeKalb County, IL
No live outage feed is available for DeKalb County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.6 hours.
DeKalb County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
DeKalb 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
DeKalb County has been under 7 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Air Quality Alert on July 18, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×7
Hardest-hit cities in DeKalb County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- DeKalbno active outage
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in DeKalb County went about 0.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 10,587 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 10,587 customers out) · decade average 1.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 598 | 4,810 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | 299 | 7,097 | 0.4 |
| 2017 | 489 | 4,520 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | 640 | 3,162 | 1.5 |
| 2019 | 632 | 3,209 | 1.5 |
| 2020 | 565 | 10,587 | 2.9 |
| 2021 | 643 | 6,262 | 1.4 |
| 2022 | 652 | 1,096 | 0.4 |
| 2023 | 637 | 2,900 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 710 | 3,832 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 663 | 2,327 | 0.6 |
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 1.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in DeKalb County: FAQ
- How often does DeKalb County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, DeKalb County, IL logged 663 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in DeKalb County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 10,587 customers without power, beginning August 10, 2020 and lasting about 4d 7h.
- Is there a power outage in DeKalb County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for DeKalb County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
DeKalb. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the DeKalb County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within DeKalb County.
60111, 60112, 60115, 60135, 60145, 60146, 60150, 60178, 60520, 60548, 60550, 60552, 60556
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17037 and /api/v1/counties/17037/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).