Power Outages in Union County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Union County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 10.0 hours.
Union County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
Union 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
Union County has been under 9 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×3
- Flood Warning ×2
- Flood Watch ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Union County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Union County went about 10.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 4,813 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 4,735 customers out) · decade average 2.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 173 | 4,789 | 1.2 |
| 2016 | 186 | 598 | 0.6 |
| 2017 | 86 | 379 | 0.7 |
| 2018 | 184 | 4,715 | 3.7 |
| 2019 | 191 | 4,677 | 1.5 |
| 2020 | 197 | 4,813 | 1.7 |
| 2021 | 180 | 4,694 | 1.6 |
| 2022 | 190 | 3,089 | 2.5 |
| 2023 | 215 | 3,049 | 2.0 |
| 2024 | 234 | 3,017 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 233 | 4,735 | 10.0 |
Relatively High high winds exposure · 2.7 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 Union County: FAQ
- How often does Union County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Union County, IL logged 233 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 10.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Union County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 4,813 customers without power, beginning October 10, 2020 and lasting about 7h.
- Is there a power outage in Union County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Union County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Union County.
62905, 62906, 62920, 62926, 62952, 62961, 62998
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17181 and /api/v1/counties/17181/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).