Power Outages in Marion County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Marion 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.
Marion County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
Marion 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.
No active NWS alerts for Marion County right now.
Hardest-hit cities in Marion County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Marion County went about 4.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 8,582 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 7,668 customers out) · decade average 5.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 426 | 1,441 | 1.1 |
| 2016 | 535 | 4,582 | 6.2 |
| 2017 | 316 | 964 | 0.6 |
| 2018 | 447 | 2,381 | 3.1 |
| 2019 | 531 | 787 | 1.7 |
| 2020 | 700 | 3,500 | 3.9 |
| 2021 | 694 | 8,582 | 5.0 |
| 2022 | 780 | 3,683 | 6.8 |
| 2023 | 675 | 7,668 | 11.7 |
| 2024 | 715 | 8,513 | 11.1 |
| 2025 | 666 | 2,248 | 4.6 |
Relatively High high winds exposure · 5.1 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 Marion County: FAQ
- How often does Marion County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Marion County, IL logged 666 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Marion County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 8,582 customers without power, beginning February 16, 2021 and lasting about 12h.
- Is there a power outage in Marion County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Marion County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Marion County.
62801, 62807, 62849, 62853, 62854, 62870, 62875, 62881, 62882, 62892
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17121 and /api/v1/counties/17121/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).