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Power Outages in Crawford County, IA

Is there a power outage in Crawford County, IA right now? None reported. As of October 19, 2026 19:45 UTC, no outages are reported by North West Rural Electric Coop, Nishnabotna Valley R E C, Harrison County Rrl Elec Coop, MidAmerican Energy Co, Raccoon Valley Electric Cooperative and Western Iowa Power Coop in Crawford County, IA. There is no live feed for City of Denison - (IA), Town of Manilla - (IA) and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration.

Crawford County, IA is served by 9 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.2 hours.

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No active outages are reported by North West Rural Electric Coop, Nishnabotna Valley R E C, Harrison County Rrl Elec Coop, MidAmerican Energy Co, Raccoon Valley Electric Cooperative and Western Iowa Power Coop in Crawford County.

No live feed for City of Denison - (IA), Town of Manilla - (IA) and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration: outages in theirservice area won't show here.

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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, WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, North West Rural Electric Coop, Western Iowa Power Coop, Raccoon Valley Electric Cooperative, Nishnabotna Valley R E C and 3 more; check your electric bill or the utility's website.

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Live status by utility · Crawford County

0.6%of this county's ~9,493 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: City of Denison - (IA), Town of Manilla - (IA), WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
North West Rural Electric CoopLive · county0370.0%---
Nishnabotna Valley R E CLive · county0240.0%---
Harrison County Rrl Elec CoopLive · county0---0-
MidAmerican Energy CoLive · county0---0-
Raccoon Valley Electric CooperativeLive · county0---0-
Western Iowa Power CoopLive · county0---0-
City of Denison - (IA)No live feedcan't see------
Town of Manilla - (IA)No live feedcan't see------
WAPA-- Western Area Power AdministrationNo live feedcan't see------

North West Rural Electric Coop, Nishnabotna Valley R E C, Harrison County Rrl Elec Coop, MidAmerican Energy Co, Raccoon Valley Electric Cooperative and Western Iowa Power Coop 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, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Crawford 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.

Power-dependent
196
Oxygen service
118
Dialysis (facility)
33
Home health / hospice
66
By ZIP code (11)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
5144261≤11550
51528160140
51439140≤110
51520≤110≤110
51467≤110≤110
51465≤11≤11≤110
51461≤110≤110
51460≤110≤110
51454≤110≤110
51448≤11≤11≤110
51441≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Crawford County, IA

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Crawford County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Crawford County

Crawford County has been under 20 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.

  • Flood Watch ×7
  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×4
  • Dense Fog Advisory ×2
  • Freeze Warning ×2
  • Flash Flood Warning ×2
  • Tornado Watch ×1

Latest Crawford County, IA outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 10m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 466 customers out (4.9% of the county)

Outage trend · Crawford County, IA
0customers out · peak 4
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 19:40 UTC
Crawford County, IA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 4 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 19, 2026 19:40 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.012346 PMOct 196 AM12 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Crawford County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Crawford County went about 5.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,929 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 5.2 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Crawford County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.0h, 2016 2.7h, 2017 0.5h, 2018 2.6h, 2019 3.8h, 2020 0.6h, 2021 0.7h, 2022 1.7h, 2023 0.7h, 2024 1.8h, 2025 5.2h. Highlighted: 2025.02461.0h20152.7h20160.5h20172.6h20183.8h20190.6h20200.7h20211.7h20220.7h20231.8h20245.2h2025
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Worst year here was 2025 (peak 2,929 customers out) · decade average 1.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
2015359651.0
20162382,2762.7
20171861,1550.5
20182991,1402.6
20192722,3543.8
2020967370.6
20211067060.7
20221489691.7
2023954900.7
20241509361.8
20251752,9295.2

Cost of power in Crawford County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Crawford 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.

11.2¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 15% since 2015
vs Iowa avg 16.0¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
March 19, 20252,9291d 8h
May 30, 20192,3543h 45m
March 21, 20162,2764h 45m
March 24, 20162,1542h
April 11, 20192,0991d 4h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
MODERATE

Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 1.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

TornadoRelatively Moderate
Ice stormRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Crawford County: FAQ

How often does Crawford County, IA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Crawford County, IA logged 175 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Crawford County, IA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,929 customers without power, beginning March 19, 2025 and lasting about 1d 8h.
Is there a power outage in Crawford County, IA right now?
None reported. As of October 19, 2026 19:45 UTC, no outages are reported by North West Rural Electric Coop, Nishnabotna Valley R E C, Harrison County Rrl Elec Coop, MidAmerican Energy Co, Raccoon Valley Electric Cooperative and Western Iowa Power Coop in Crawford County, IA. There is no live feed for City of Denison - (IA), Town of Manilla - (IA) and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration.
Which utilities serve Crawford County, IA?
Tracked electric providers include MidAmerican Energy Co, Western Iowa Power Coop.
Nearby counties
Audubon CountyCarroll CountyHarrison CountyIda County
ZIP codes in Crawford County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Crawford County.

51432, 51439, 51441, 51442, 51448, 51454, 51460, 51461, 51465, 51467, 51520, 51528

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 Crawford County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Iowa →

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
MidAmerican Energy Co3.6 hrsLive · county-
WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration-No live feed-
North West Rural Electric Coop-Live · county-
Western Iowa Power Coop-Live · county-
Raccoon Valley Electric Cooperative-Live · county-
Nishnabotna Valley R E C-Live · county-
Harrison County Rrl Elec Coop-Live · county-
Town of Manilla - (IA)-No live feed-
City of Denison - (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/19047 and /api/v1/counties/19047/history.