Power Outages in Pope County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Pope County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 24.8 hours.
Pope County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
Pope 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
Pope County has been under 7 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×3
- Flood Watch ×2
- Flood Warning ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Pope County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Pope County went about 24.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,344 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 749 customers out) · decade average 7.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 155 | 1,014 | 4.0 |
| 2018 | 261 | 1,344 | 12.2 |
| 2019 | 222 | 1,038 | 6.2 |
| 2020 | 229 | 558 | 2.6 |
| 2021 | 148 | 597 | 8.8 |
| 2022 | 163 | 137 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 135 | 141 | 1.0 |
| 2024 | 202 | 1,130 | 6.9 |
| 2025 | 251 | 749 | 24.8 |
Relatively Low ice storms exposure · 7.6 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 Pope County: FAQ
- How often does Pope County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Pope County, IL logged 251 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 24.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Pope County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,344 customers without power, beginning June 29, 2018 and lasting about 3h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Pope County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Pope County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Pope County.
62928, 62938, 62947, 62985, 62987
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17151 and /api/v1/counties/17151/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).