Power Outages in Woodbury County, IA
As of the latest utility report, no major power outages are reported in Woodbury County, IA. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.9 hours.
Woodbury County, IA is served by 1 tracked utility.
No active power outages are currently reported in Woodbury County.
No active NWS alerts for Woodbury County right now.
Woodbury County has been under 43 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on September 2, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×12
- Extreme Heat Warning ×10
- Dense Fog Advisory ×8
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×6
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×4
- Flash Flood Warning ×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 3m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 1,273 customers out (5.0% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 58m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated August 13, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated August 13, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated August 13, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated August 13, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated August 13, 2026
Hardest-hit cities in Woodbury County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Sioux Cityno active outage
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 56.3% of outage-time over 2 months 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?
- No major outage is currently reported for Woodbury County, IA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- 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).