Power Outages in Jackson County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Jackson County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 8.6 hours.
Jackson County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
Jackson 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
Jackson County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 18, 2026.
- Flood Warning ×3
- Heat Advisory ×3
- Flood Watch ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Jackson County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Jackson County went about 8.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 6,017 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 6,017 customers out) · decade average 3.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 464 | 3,337 | 1.2 |
| 2016 | 569 | 3,004 | 1.8 |
| 2017 | 274 | 5,577 | 1.8 |
| 2018 | 532 | 3,217 | 2.2 |
| 2019 | 655 | 1,730 | 2.2 |
| 2020 | 739 | 3,753 | 2.3 |
| 2021 | 776 | 2,789 | 3.3 |
| 2022 | 665 | 2,895 | 3.0 |
| 2023 | 642 | 5,014 | 4.4 |
| 2024 | 620 | 3,710 | 4.0 |
| 2025 | 719 | 6,017 | 8.6 |
Very High high winds exposure · 3.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Jackson County: FAQ
- How often does Jackson County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Jackson County, IL logged 719 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 8.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Jackson County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 6,017 customers without power, beginning January 5, 2025 and lasting about 4d 7h.
- Is there a power outage in Jackson County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Jackson County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Jackson County.
62280, 62901, 62903, 62907, 62916, 62924, 62927, 62932, 62940, 62942, 62950, 62958, 62966, 62975, 62994
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17077 and /api/v1/counties/17077/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).