Power Outages in Washington County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Washington County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.8 hours.
Washington County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
Washington 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
Washington County has been under 2 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Washington County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Washington County went about 4.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 4,804 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 4,804 customers out) · decade average 7.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 237 | 1,338 | 2.8 |
| 2016 | 274 | 1,347 | 4.8 |
| 2017 | 258 | 1,052 | 1.4 |
| 2018 | 652 | 2,317 | 12.4 |
| 2019 | 690 | 1,654 | 4.8 |
| 2020 | 389 | 1,381 | 4.9 |
| 2021 | 437 | 2,286 | 3.1 |
| 2022 | 415 | 1,459 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 451 | 4,804 | 33.5 |
| 2024 | 457 | 1,547 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 378 | 3,750 | 4.8 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 7.3 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 Washington County: FAQ
- How often does Washington County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Washington County, IL logged 378 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Washington County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 4,804 customers without power, beginning July 1, 2023 and lasting about 5d 15h.
- Is there a power outage in Washington County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Washington County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Washington County.
62214, 62263, 62268, 62271, 62803, 62808, 62831, 62848, 62876, 62877
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17189 and /api/v1/counties/17189/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).