Power Outages in Alger County, MI
No live outage feed is available for Alger County, MI yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 14.9 hours.
Alger County, MI is served by local tracked utilities.
Alger 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.
- Beach Hazards StatementMODERATE
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Alger County has been under 24 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Air Quality Alert on July 18, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×9
- Air Quality Alert ×6
- Extreme Heat Warning ×4
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Beach Hazards Statement ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Alger County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Alger County went about 14.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,000 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 2,746 customers out) · decade average 6.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 142 | 955 | 3.2 |
| 2016 | 27 | 160 | 0.3 |
| 2017 | 18 | 279 | 0.9 |
| 2018 | 104 | 889 | 2.9 |
| 2019 | 167 | 1,272 | 6.1 |
| 2020 | 399 | 5,000 | 15.1 |
| 2021 | 180 | 972 | 3.3 |
| 2022 | 133 | 3,268 | 6.5 |
| 2023 | 165 | 2,746 | 15.5 |
| 2024 | 171 | 1,268 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 266 | 1,787 | 14.9 |
Very Low ice storms exposure · 6.4 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 Alger County: FAQ
- How often does Alger County, MI lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Alger County, MI logged 266 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 14.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Alger County, MI?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,000 customers without power, beginning August 25, 2020 and lasting about 1h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Alger County, MI right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Alger County, MI. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Alger County.
49806, 49816, 49822, 49825, 49826, 49839, 49862, 49884, 49891
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/26003 and /api/v1/counties/26003/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Michigan customers).