Power Outages in Fayette County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Fayette County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 7.7 hours.
Fayette County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
Fayette 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
Fayette County has been under 1 National Weather Service alert recently — most recently a Air Quality Alert on July 18, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Fayette County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Fayette County went about 7.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,822 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 5,822 customers out) · decade average 6.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 218 | 414 | 1.1 |
| 2016 | 261 | 1,606 | 4.1 |
| 2017 | 146 | 2,507 | 1.8 |
| 2018 | 511 | 1,601 | 6.9 |
| 2019 | 517 | 1,688 | 5.6 |
| 2020 | 499 | 2,883 | 7.2 |
| 2021 | 485 | 1,264 | 6.8 |
| 2022 | 524 | 4,191 | 12.9 |
| 2023 | 493 | 5,822 | 13.1 |
| 2024 | 501 | 1,599 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 420 | 2,330 | 7.7 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 6.7 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 Fayette County: FAQ
- How often does Fayette County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Fayette County, IL logged 420 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 7.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Fayette County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,822 customers without power, beginning February 22, 2023 and lasting about 1d 4h.
- Is there a power outage in Fayette County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Fayette County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Fayette County.
62011, 62080, 62414, 62418, 62458, 62471, 62838, 62880, 62885
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17051 and /api/v1/counties/17051/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).