Power Outages in Whiteside County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Whiteside County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.8 hours.
Whiteside County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
Whiteside 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.
- Special Weather StatementMODERATE
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Whiteside County has been under 5 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Air Quality Alert on July 18, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×4
- Air Quality Alert ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Whiteside County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Whiteside County went about 0.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 17,218 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 17,218 customers out) · decade average 3.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 481 | 6,624 | 2.6 |
| 2016 | 211 | 1,232 | 0.3 |
| 2017 | 413 | 1,642 | 1.9 |
| 2018 | 420 | 1,885 | 1.1 |
| 2019 | 504 | 1,765 | 2.5 |
| 2020 | 506 | 17,218 | 22.5 |
| 2021 | 473 | 864 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | 533 | 1,579 | 1.0 |
| 2023 | 484 | 2,744 | 1.8 |
| 2024 | 517 | 1,562 | 1.1 |
| 2025 | 521 | 3,483 | 0.8 |
Relatively High high winds exposure · 3.3 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 Whiteside County: FAQ
- How often does Whiteside County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Whiteside County, IL logged 521 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Whiteside County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 17,218 customers without power, beginning August 10, 2020 and lasting about 6d 4h.
- Is there a power outage in Whiteside County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Whiteside County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Whiteside County.
61037, 61071, 61081, 61230, 61243, 61250, 61251, 61252, 61261, 61270, 61277, 61283
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17195 and /api/v1/counties/17195/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).