Power Outages in Van Buren County, IA
No live outage feed is available for Van Buren County, IA yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.1 hours.
Van Buren County, IA is served by local tracked utilities.
Van Buren 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.
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
Van Buren County has been under 7 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×4
- Special Weather Statement ×3
Hardest-hit cities in Van Buren County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Van Buren County went about 4.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,713 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 1,638 customers out) · decade average 4.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 89 | 487 | 4.9 |
| 2016 | 109 | 288 | 1.3 |
| 2017 | 143 | 479 | 4.1 |
| 2018 | 162 | 1,115 | 6.2 |
| 2019 | 182 | 1,405 | 3.1 |
| 2020 | 267 | 672 | 6.1 |
| 2021 | 229 | 733 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 176 | 384 | 2.4 |
| 2023 | 178 | 1,638 | 9.4 |
| 2024 | 216 | 1,641 | 6.3 |
| 2025 | 245 | 1,713 | 4.1 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 4.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Van Buren County: FAQ
- How often does Van Buren County, IA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Van Buren County, IA logged 245 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Van Buren County, IA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,713 customers without power, beginning March 15, 2025 and lasting about 6h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Van Buren County, IA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Van Buren County, IA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Van Buren County.
52535, 52542, 52551, 52565, 52570, 52573, 52588, 52620, 52651
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/19177 and /api/v1/counties/19177/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Iowa customers).