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Power Outages in Polk County, IA

As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Polk County, IA across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Waverly Municipal Elec Utility, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.9 hours.

Polk County, IA is served by 5 tracked utilities.

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Scattered outages

1 customers without power

Across 1 reported incident.

Not counted: no live feed for Waverly Municipal Elec Utility.

Live data as of

Live status by utility · Polk County

100%of this county's ~247,039 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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We can't see outages for: Waverly Municipal Elec Utility. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
MidAmerican Energy CoLive · county1251,1470.0%-0-
Consumers Energy Coop - (IA)Live · county02,4890.0%---
Midland Power CoopLive · county05130.0%---
Interstate Power and Light CoLive · county01250.0%---
Waverly Municipal Elec UtilityNo live feedcan't see------

MidAmerican Energy Co, Consumers Energy Coop - (IA), Midland Power Coop and Interstate Power and Light Co reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.

Active outages in Polk County1

Individual outages as listed by MidAmerican Energy Co, largest first. “<N” means the utility only publishes that the outage affects fewer than N customers.

CustomersCauseCrew statusUtility ETRStartedUtility
1----MidAmerican Energy Co

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Polk 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
3,592
Oxygen service
578
Dialysis (facility)
436
Home health / hospice
563
By ZIP code (31)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
50317358≤1127612
50315287≤11206≤11
50310183≤11125≤11
50023180≤11111≤11
50322169≤11110≤11
50265164≤11105≤11
50313147≤11115≤11
50021145≤1191≤11
50320134≤1194≤11
50009128≤1183≤11
50316125≤11102≤11
50131124≤1172≤11
5032593060≤11
5032792≤1158≤11
5031485≤1156≤11
5031283051≤11
50111720470
5032364≤1137≤11
5030954036≤11
5031150034≤11
50321350210
50035300160
50324260160
5023723015≤11
5022620012≤11
5016918≤11130
50161160≤11≤11
5010913≤11≤11≤11
50073≤110≤110
50032≤110≤110
50007≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Polk County, IA

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

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Recent NWS alert activity · Polk County

Polk County has been under 85 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.

  • Flood Warning ×50
  • Flood Watch ×20
  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×6
  • Dense Fog Advisory ×3
  • Tornado Watch ×2
  • Freeze Warning ×2

Latest Polk County, IA outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 46m

  2. GREW

    Outage grew to 2,361 customers out (0.8% of the county)

  3. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,520 customers out (0.5% of the county)

  4. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 16m

  5. GREW

    Outage grew to 1,013 customers out (0.4% of the county)

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 671 customers out (0.2% of the county)

  7. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 6h 19m

  8. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 15, 2026

Outage trend · Polk County, IA
1customers out
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 03:00 UTC
Polk County, IA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 1 customers out; latest 1 as of Oct 19, 2026 03:00 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.30.50.81Oct 186 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Polk County

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

Per-city live breakdown needs data

Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Polk Countyisn't available yet.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Polk County went about 1.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 114,873 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 1.9 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Polk County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 0.5h, 2016 1.1h, 2017 1.4h, 2018 1.3h, 2019 1.3h, 2020 20.8h, 2021 1.1h, 2022 1.2h, 2023 0.9h, 2024 2.9h, 2025 1.9h. Highlighted: 2020.01020300.5h20151.1h20161.4h20171.3h20181.3h201920.8h20201.1h20211.2h20220.9h20232.9h20241.9h2025
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Worst year here was 2020 (peak 114,873 customers out) · decade average 3.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20153678,7740.5
201690117,7831.1
201791416,1131.4
201896819,1931.3
201991716,8141.3
2020948114,87320.8
20219379,3431.1
202289419,0671.2
20239085,6750.9
202486026,9992.9
202589824,0091.9

Cost of power in Polk County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Polk 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.

11.3¢/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 causes outages here

Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →

Outage causes by share of outage-timeWeather / storm 87.9%, Equipment failure 10.9%, Trees / vegetation 1.2%Weather / stormWeather / storm87.9%Equipment failureEquipment failure10.9%Trees / vegetationTrees / vegetation1.2%
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A reported cause is available for 4.8% of outage-time over 2 months of live data. Shares are of the portion with a known cause; bars are scaled to the largest cause.
Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
August 10, 2020114,87310d 15h
May 20, 202426,9993d
May 24, 202426,7591d 14h
July 28, 202524,00923h
June 30, 201819,1933d 5h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Very High high winds exposure · 3.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Strong windVery High
TornadoRelatively High
Ice stormRelatively High
Heat waveRelatively High
FloodingRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Polk County: FAQ

How often does Polk County, IA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Polk County, IA logged 898 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Polk County, IA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 114,873 customers without power, beginning August 10, 2020 and lasting about 10d 15h.
Is there a power outage in Polk County, IA right now?
Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
Which utilities serve Polk County, IA?
Tracked electric providers include Consumers Energy Coop - (IA), MidAmerican Energy Co, Midland Power Coop.
Nearby counties
Boone CountyDallas CountyJasper CountyMadison County
Cities & towns in Polk County

Des Moines, Ankeny, West Des Moines, Urbandale. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Polk County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Polk County

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

50007, 50009, 50021, 50023, 50032, 50035, 50073, 50109, 50111, 50131, 50161, 50169, 50226, 50237, 50243, 50244, 50265, 50309, 50310, 50311, 50312, 50313, 50314, 50315, 50316, 50317, 50319, 50320, 50321, 50322, 50324, 50325, 50327

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
MidAmerican Energy Co3.6 hrsLive · county-
Consumers Energy Coop - (IA)1.6 hrsLive · county-
Interstate Power and Light Co-Live · county-
Midland Power Coop-Live · county-
Waverly Municipal Elec Utility-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/19153 and /api/v1/counties/19153/history. Live data as of .