Power Outages in Lawrence County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Lawrence County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.6 hours.
Lawrence County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
Lawrence 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
Lawrence County has been under 6 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Air Quality Alert on July 18, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×4
- Air Quality Alert ×1
- Flood Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Lawrence County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Lawrence County went about 4.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,250 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 4,876 customers out) · decade average 4.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 99 | 2,049 | 1.7 |
| 2016 | 200 | 2,075 | 3.7 |
| 2017 | 137 | 771 | 1.2 |
| 2018 | 202 | 5,250 | 1.9 |
| 2019 | 238 | 2,150 | 2.5 |
| 2020 | 346 | 4,876 | 12.2 |
| 2021 | 306 | 726 | 1.5 |
| 2022 | 320 | 1,233 | 6.1 |
| 2023 | 324 | 5,212 | 9.0 |
| 2024 | 319 | 3,176 | 5.1 |
| 2025 | 336 | 1,321 | 4.6 |
Relatively Low ice storms exposure · 4.5 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 Lawrence County: FAQ
- How often does Lawrence County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Lawrence County, IL logged 336 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Lawrence County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,250 customers without power, beginning September 11, 2018 and lasting about 4h.
- Is there a power outage in Lawrence County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Lawrence County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Lawrence County.
62417, 62439, 62460, 62466
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17101 and /api/v1/counties/17101/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).