Power Outages in Ford County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Ford County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.2 hours.
Ford County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
Ford 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.
- Severe Thunderstorm WatchSEVERE
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Ford County has been under 2 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Air Quality Alert on July 18, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×1
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Ford County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Ford County went about 2.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,062 customers.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 2,167 customers out) · decade average 3.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 163 | 1,356 | 2.4 |
| 2016 | 200 | 1,348 | 1.9 |
| 2017 | 114 | 342 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | 388 | 3,062 | 4.3 |
| 2019 | 386 | 2,171 | 4.7 |
| 2020 | 333 | 1,619 | 4.6 |
| 2021 | 268 | 2,167 | 6.4 |
| 2022 | 271 | 1,264 | 2.3 |
| 2023 | 237 | 784 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 306 | 2,139 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 311 | 2,055 | 2.2 |
Relatively Low high winds exposure · 3.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Ford County: FAQ
- How often does Ford County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Ford County, IL logged 311 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Ford County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,062 customers without power, beginning May 1, 2018 and lasting about 4h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Ford County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Ford County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Ford County.
60919, 60933, 60936, 60946, 60952, 60957, 60959, 60962, 61773
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17053 and /api/v1/counties/17053/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).