Power Outages in Vermilion County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Vermilion County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.8 hours.
Vermilion County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
Vermilion 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.
- Extreme Heat WarningSEVERE
Vermilion County has been under 130 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Extreme Heat Warning on September 2, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×41
- Flash Flood Warning ×18
- Flood Warning ×18
- Special Weather Statement ×14
- Flood Watch ×13
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×8
Hardest-hit cities in Vermilion County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Vermilion County went about 1.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 32,688 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 32,688 customers out) · decade average 4.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 575 | 5,944 | 1.9 |
| 2016 | 703 | 7,527 | 2.4 |
| 2017 | 423 | 6,022 | 0.8 |
| 2018 | 766 | 3,411 | 1.7 |
| 2019 | 865 | 4,844 | 3.5 |
| 2020 | 800 | 3,859 | 1.6 |
| 2021 | 781 | 5,360 | 1.9 |
| 2022 | 871 | 6,027 | 2.2 |
| 2023 | 803 | 32,688 | 33.0 |
| 2024 | 842 | 1,464 | 1.2 |
| 2025 | 845 | 5,833 | 1.8 |
Relatively High high winds exposure · 4.7 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 Vermilion County: FAQ
- How often does Vermilion County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Vermilion County, IL logged 845 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Vermilion County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 32,688 customers without power, beginning June 29, 2023 and lasting about 7d 23h.
- Is there a power outage in Vermilion County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Vermilion County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Vermilion County.
60932, 60942, 60960, 60963, 61810, 61811, 61812, 61814, 61817, 61831, 61832, 61833, 61834, 61841, 61844, 61846, 61848, 61850, 61857, 61858, 61865, 61870, 61876, 61883
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17183 and /api/v1/counties/17183/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).