Power Outages in Woodbury County, IA
As of July 18, 2026 18:54 UTC, about 2 customers are without power in Woodbury County, IA across 2 reported incidents. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.9 hours.
Woodbury County, IA is served by 1 tracked utility.
No active NWS alerts for Woodbury County right now.
Woodbury County has been under 2 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 17, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×2
Latest Woodbury County, IA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 6m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 669 customers out
Hardest-hit cities in Woodbury County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Woodbury Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Woodbury County went about 4.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 10,213 customers.
Worst year here was 2016 (peak 10,213 customers out) · decade average 3.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 256 | 2,379 | 0.6 |
| 2016 | 610 | 10,213 | 8.1 |
| 2017 | 587 | 6,252 | 2.1 |
| 2018 | 649 | 5,264 | 2.1 |
| 2019 | 683 | 4,517 | 2.2 |
| 2020 | 725 | 6,138 | 3.4 |
| 2021 | 727 | 4,652 | 4.1 |
| 2022 | 750 | 3,182 | 2.4 |
| 2023 | 703 | 2,227 | 1.4 |
| 2024 | 721 | 7,310 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 689 | 3,399 | 4.9 |
What causes outages here
Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →
A reported cause is available for 25.7% of outage-time over 1 month of live data. Shares above are of the portion with a known cause.
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 3.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Woodbury County: FAQ
- How often does Woodbury County, IA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Woodbury County, IA logged 689 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Woodbury County, IA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 10,213 customers without power, beginning June 17, 2016 and lasting about 2d 7h.
- Is there a power outage in Woodbury County, IA right now?
- Yes — about 2 customers are currently without power across 2 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Woodbury County, IA?
- Tracked electric providers include MIDAMERICAN ENERGY CO.
Sioux City. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Woodbury County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Woodbury County.
51004, 51007, 51015, 51016, 51019, 51026, 51030, 51039, 51044, 51048, 51052, 51054, 51055, 51056, 51101, 51103, 51104, 51105, 51106, 51111
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIDAMERICAN ENERGY CO | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/19193 and /api/v1/counties/19193/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Iowa customers). Live data as of .