Power Outages in Scott County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Scott County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.4 hours.
Scott County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
Scott 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
Scott County has been under 3 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Air Quality Alert on July 18, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×2
- Air Quality Alert ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Scott County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Scott County went about 1.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,378 customers.
Worst year here was 2019 (peak 5,378 customers out) · decade average 8.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 88 | 1,172 | 8.6 |
| 2016 | 52 | 1,688 | 2.7 |
| 2017 | 69 | 1,319 | 0.7 |
| 2018 | 400 | 2,868 | 17.1 |
| 2019 | 337 | 5,378 | 51.2 |
| 2020 | 62 | 451 | 0.9 |
| 2021 | 56 | 446 | 1.4 |
| 2022 | 70 | 1,208 | 3.2 |
| 2023 | 63 | 774 | 6.0 |
| 2024 | 75 | 333 | 1.7 |
| 2025 | 71 | 440 | 1.4 |
Relatively Low high winds exposure · 8.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Scott County: FAQ
- How often does Scott County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Scott County, IL logged 71 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Scott County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,378 customers without power, beginning June 21, 2019 and lasting about 2d 13h.
- Is there a power outage in Scott County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Scott County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Scott County.
62610, 62621, 62663, 62694
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17171 and /api/v1/counties/17171/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).