Power Outages in Knox County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Knox County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.3 hours.
Knox County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
Knox 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
Knox 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 Knox County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Knox County went about 3.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 10,484 customers.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 6,423 customers out) · decade average 5.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 429 | 4,503 | 7.7 |
| 2016 | 552 | 10,484 | 4.0 |
| 2017 | 346 | 837 | 0.7 |
| 2018 | 722 | 1,795 | 2.9 |
| 2019 | 745 | 6,846 | 7.1 |
| 2020 | 739 | 5,061 | 5.7 |
| 2021 | 692 | 5,388 | 7.2 |
| 2022 | 724 | 8,572 | 4.2 |
| 2023 | 657 | 4,608 | 7.6 |
| 2024 | 696 | 6,423 | 7.8 |
| 2025 | 673 | 2,148 | 3.3 |
Relatively High high winds exposure · 5.3 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 Knox County: FAQ
- How often does Knox County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Knox County, IL logged 673 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Knox County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 10,484 customers without power, beginning July 10, 2016 and lasting about 11d 20h.
- Is there a power outage in Knox County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Knox County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Knox County.
61401, 61402, 61410, 61414, 61428, 61430, 61436, 61439, 61448, 61458, 61467, 61472, 61474, 61485, 61488, 61489, 61572
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17095 and /api/v1/counties/17095/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).