Power Outages in Adams County, IA
Is there a power outage in Adams County, IA right now? None reported. As of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop, Interstate Power and Light Co and MidAmerican Energy Co in Adams County, IA. There is no live feed for Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) and City of Corning - (IA).
Adams County, IA is served by 5 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.2 hours.
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- October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Adams County, IA", live data as of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/iowa/adams-county
No active outages are reported by Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop, Interstate Power and Light Co and MidAmerican Energy Co in Adams County.
No live feed for Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) and City of Corning - (IA): outages in theirservice area won't show here.
Report an outage in Adams County, IA
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for MidAmerican Energy Co, Interstate Power and Light Co, Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop and City of Corning - (IA); check your electric bill or the utility's website.
48%of this county's ~3,042 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), City of Corning - (IA). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop | Live · county | 0 | 1,100 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Interstate Power and Light Co | Live · county | 0 | 351 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| MidAmerican Energy Co | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Corning - (IA) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop, Interstate Power and Light Co and MidAmerican Energy Co reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Adams Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (3)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50841 | 26 | ≤11 | 18 | 0 |
| 50859 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 50857 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Adams County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Adams County right now.
Adams County has been under 32 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×16
- Tornado Watch ×4
- Dense Fog Advisory ×4
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×4
- Freeze Warning ×2
- Freeze Watch ×1
Latest Adams County, IA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 31m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 14, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 14, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 181 customers out (9.8% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Adams County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Adams County went about 3.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,444 customers.
The US EIA reports Iowa utilities averaged 3.1 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 3.2 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 658 customers out) · decade average 7.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 35 | 191 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | 179 | 1,444 | 8.4 |
| 2017 | 133 | 337 | 7.9 |
| 2018 | 191 | 556 | 9.5 |
| 2019 | 271 | 893 | 7.3 |
| 2020 | 164 | 666 | 13.7 |
| 2021 | 175 | 584 | 7.9 |
| 2022 | 154 | 498 | 3.9 |
| 2023 | 176 | 483 | 4.4 |
| 2024 | 179 | 658 | 19.1 |
| 2025 | 197 | 344 | 3.2 |
Cost of power in Adams County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Adams County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- MidAmerican Energy Co11.2¢639,558 cust
- Interstate Power and Light Co17.8¢419,451 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
What causes outages here
Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →
Relatively Low high winds exposure · 7.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Adams County: FAQ
- How often does Adams County, IA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Adams County, IA logged 197 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Adams County, IA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,444 customers without power, beginning July 21, 2016 and lasting about 1d 5h.
- Is there a power outage in Adams County, IA right now?
- None reported. As of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop, Interstate Power and Light Co and MidAmerican Energy Co in Adams County, IA. There is no live feed for Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) and City of Corning - (IA).
- Which utilities serve Adams County, IA?
- Tracked electric providers include Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), Interstate Power and Light Co, MidAmerican Energy Co, Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Adams County.
50839, 50841, 50857, 50859
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Adams County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Iowa →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| MidAmerican Energy Co | 3.6 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Interstate Power and Light Co | - | Live · county | - |
| Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) | - | No live feed | - |
| Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop | - | Live · county | - |
| City of Corning - (IA) | - | No live feed | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Iowa customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/19003 and /api/v1/counties/19003/history.