Power Outages in Franklin County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Franklin County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 10.1 hours.
Franklin County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
Franklin 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.
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
Franklin County has been under 9 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×3
- Flood Warning ×2
- Flood Watch ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Franklin County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Franklin County went about 10.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 9,280 customers.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 4,074 customers out) · decade average 5.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 392 | 3,866 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 485 | 4,327 | 2.9 |
| 2017 | 482 | 2,426 | 1.4 |
| 2018 | 921 | 4,074 | 14.4 |
| 2019 | 838 | 5,056 | 7.2 |
| 2020 | 652 | 6,694 | 3.0 |
| 2021 | 616 | 5,786 | 3.5 |
| 2022 | 585 | 3,761 | 2.4 |
| 2023 | 554 | 6,051 | 4.1 |
| 2024 | 582 | 9,280 | 4.3 |
| 2025 | 635 | 8,033 | 10.1 |
Relatively High high winds exposure · 5.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Franklin County: FAQ
- How often does Franklin County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Franklin County, IL logged 635 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 10.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Franklin County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 9,280 customers without power, beginning November 1, 2024 and lasting about 5h.
- Is there a power outage in Franklin County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Franklin County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Franklin County.
62812, 62819, 62822, 62825, 62836, 62856, 62860, 62865, 62874, 62884, 62890, 62891, 62896, 62897, 62983, 62999
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17055 and /api/v1/counties/17055/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).