Power Outages in Blackford County, IN
No live outage feed is available for Blackford County, IN yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.2 hours.
Blackford County, IN is served by local tracked utilities.
Blackford 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.
- Severe Thunderstorm WatchSEVERE
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Blackford County has been under 13 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Air Quality Alert on July 18, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×5
- Special Weather Statement ×4
- Heat Advisory ×3
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Blackford County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Blackford County went about 2.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 6,277 customers.
Worst year here was 2017 (peak 6,277 customers out) · decade average 4.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 149 | 1,551 | 1.1 |
| 2016 | 157 | 1,183 | 3.1 |
| 2017 | 223 | 6,277 | 12.7 |
| 2018 | 255 | 2,443 | 3.1 |
| 2019 | 272 | 2,038 | 7.2 |
| 2020 | 224 | 1,997 | 2.3 |
| 2021 | 255 | 807 | 1.6 |
| 2022 | 289 | 2,313 | 6.8 |
| 2023 | 256 | 1,994 | 3.0 |
| 2024 | 321 | 1,122 | 1.3 |
| 2025 | 330 | 902 | 2.2 |
Relatively Low high winds exposure · 4.0 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 Blackford County: FAQ
- How often does Blackford County, IN lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Blackford County, IN logged 330 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Blackford County, IN?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 6,277 customers without power, beginning November 5, 2017 and lasting about 5h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Blackford County, IN right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Blackford County, IN. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Blackford County.
47348, 47359
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/18009 and /api/v1/counties/18009/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Indiana customers).