Power Outages in Somerset County, MD
No live outage feed is available for Somerset County, MD yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.2 hours.
Somerset County, MD is served by local tracked utilities.
Somerset 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.
- Severe Thunderstorm WatchSEVERE
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
Somerset County has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on July 18, 2026.
- Coastal Flood Statement ×9
- Air Quality Alert ×4
- Heat Advisory ×2
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Somerset County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Somerset County went about 2.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 4,306 customers.
Worst year here was 2016 (peak 4,306 customers out) · decade average 2.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 274 | 2,362 | 1.5 |
| 2016 | 443 | 4,306 | 4.4 |
| 2017 | 362 | 2,967 | 2.6 |
| 2018 | 290 | 2,942 | 3.5 |
| 2019 | 436 | 2,935 | 3.2 |
| 2020 | 444 | 3,375 | 2.8 |
| 2021 | 439 | 704 | 0.9 |
| 2022 | 511 | 805 | 2.0 |
| 2023 | 508 | 2,954 | 1.8 |
| 2024 | 441 | 1,294 | 2.8 |
| 2025 | 472 | 2,986 | 2.2 |
Relatively Moderate hurricanes exposure · 2.5 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 Somerset County: FAQ
- How often does Somerset County, MD lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Somerset County, MD logged 472 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Somerset County, MD?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 4,306 customers without power, beginning July 8, 2016 and lasting about 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Somerset County, MD right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Somerset County, MD. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Somerset County.
21817, 21821, 21824, 21838, 21853, 21866, 21867, 21871, 21890
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/24039 and /api/v1/counties/24039/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Maryland customers).