Power Outages in Richland County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Richland County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.9 hours.
Richland County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
Richland 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
Richland 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 Richland County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Richland County went about 1.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,479 customers.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 3,479 customers out) · decade average 1.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 177 | 494 | 0.4 |
| 2016 | 236 | 1,041 | 1.9 |
| 2017 | 129 | 659 | 0.6 |
| 2018 | 244 | 1,210 | 1.3 |
| 2019 | 242 | 764 | 0.4 |
| 2020 | 362 | 708 | 1.2 |
| 2021 | 284 | 708 | 1.5 |
| 2022 | 346 | 3,479 | 5.9 |
| 2023 | 360 | 1,331 | 2.1 |
| 2024 | 325 | 1,033 | 2.6 |
| 2025 | 306 | 1,146 | 1.9 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 1.8 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 Richland County: FAQ
- How often does Richland County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Richland County, IL logged 306 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Richland County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,479 customers without power, beginning August 1, 2022 and lasting about 3d 18h.
- Is there a power outage in Richland County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Richland County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Richland County.
62419, 62421, 62425, 62450, 62452, 62868
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17159 and /api/v1/counties/17159/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).