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Power Outages in Scott County, IA

Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) has not reported outages here, but it only publishesactive outages, so that isn't a confirmed all-clear. Eastern Iowa Light & Power Coop, Interstate Power and Light Co and MidAmerican Energy Co publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Buffalo - (IA), City of Durant - (IA), City of Long Grove - (IA) and Eldridge City Utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.6 hours.

Scott County, IA is served by 8 tracked utilities.

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Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) only appearsin feeds while reporting outages, so no report isn't a confirmed all-clear.

Eastern Iowa Light & Power Coop, Interstate Power and Light Co and MidAmerican Energy Co publish no county-level figures.

No live feed for City of Buffalo - (IA), City of Durant - (IA), City of Long Grove - (IA) and Eldridge City Utilities: outages in theirservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Scott County

0.0%of this county's ~121,641 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: City of Buffalo - (IA), City of Durant - (IA), City of Long Grove - (IA), Eldridge City Utilities. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

Only visible while reporting outages: Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light). Zero here is not a confirmed all-clear.

System-wide total only, no county split: Eastern Iowa Light & Power Coop, Interstate Power and Light Co, MidAmerican Energy Co.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light)Outages onlynone reported------
Eastern Iowa Light & Power CoopLive · total onlynot by county------
Interstate Power and Light CoLive · total onlynot by county------
MidAmerican Energy CoLive · total onlynot by county------
City of Buffalo - (IA)No live feedcan't see------
City of Durant - (IA)No live feedcan't see------
City of Long Grove - (IA)No live feedcan't see------
Eldridge City UtilitiesNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Scott 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
1,754
Oxygen service
460
Dialysis (facility)
204
Home health / hospice
335
By ZIP code (17)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
52722311≤11206≤11
52804276≤11198≤11
52806268≤11188≤11
52807154≤1197≤11
52803149≤11102≤11
52802103≤1178≤11
5274869≤1151≤11
5272652≤1133≤11
5275339≤1129≤11
5280132020≤11
5272822≤1119≤11
52773210150
5275617≤11≤110
52768130≤110
52746120≤110
52765≤110≤110
52745≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Scott County, IA

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

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Recent NWS alert activity · Scott County

Scott County has been under 78 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flood Warning on October 12, 2026.

  • Flood Warning ×50
  • Flood Watch ×19
  • Special Weather Statement ×4
  • Flash Flood Warning ×3
  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×2

Latest Scott 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 21m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,495 customers out (1.7% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 2h 40m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,672 customers out (1.9% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 3h 24m

  6. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 15, 2026

  7. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 15, 2026

  8. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 15, 2026

Outage trend · Scott County, IA
0customers out · peak 10
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Scott County, IA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 10 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.02.557.510Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Scott County

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

  • Davenportno outage reported

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Scott County went about 3.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 56,299 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 3.6 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Scott County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.4h, 2016 3.6h, 2017 2.8h, 2018 1.6h, 2019 2.9h, 2020 54.6h, 2021 1.9h, 2022 1.3h, 2023 2.1h, 2024 6.1h, 2025 3.6h. Highlighted: 2020.02040601.4h20153.6h20162.8h20171.6h20182.9h201954.6h20201.9h20211.3h20222.1h20236.1h20243.6h2025
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Worst year here was 2020 (peak 56,299 customers out) · decade average 7.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20154154,2701.4
201691316,3063.6
201793110,8062.8
20189353,1331.6
20198855,8772.9
202087956,29954.6
20219737,4651.9
20229582,9411.3
20238937,9522.1
202487817,7426.1
202590616,0973.6

Cost of power in Scott County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Scott 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.

11.8¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 16% 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-timeTrees / vegetation 97.8%, Equipment failure 2.2%Trees / vegetationTrees / vegetation97.8%Equipment failureEquipment failure2.2%
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A reported cause is available for 13.3% 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, 202056,2999d 14h
July 15, 202417,7423d
October 7, 201616,3061d 14h
July 11, 202516,0971d 9h
October 29, 202512,1504h 15m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High ice storms exposure · 7.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormRelatively High
Strong windRelatively High
TornadoRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Scott County: FAQ

How often does Scott County, IA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Scott County, IA logged 906 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Scott County, IA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 56,299 customers without power, beginning August 10, 2020 and lasting about 9d 14h.
Is there a power outage in Scott County, IA right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Scott County, IA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Scott County, IA?
Tracked electric providers include Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), Eastern Iowa Light & Power Coop, Interstate Power and Light Co, MidAmerican Energy Co.
Nearby counties
Cedar CountyClinton CountyMuscatine CountyRock Island County
Cities & towns in Scott County

Davenport. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Scott County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Scott County

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

52722, 52726, 52728, 52745, 52746, 52748, 52753, 52756, 52758, 52765, 52767, 52768, 52769, 52773, 52801, 52802, 52803, 52804, 52806, 52807

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 · total only-
Eastern Iowa Light & Power Coop1.5 hrsLive · total only-
Interstate Power and Light Co-Live · total only-
Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light)-Outages only-
City of Durant - (IA)-No live feed-
Eldridge City Utilities-No live feed-
City of Long Grove - (IA)-No live feed-
City of Buffalo - (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/19163 and /api/v1/counties/19163/history.