Power Outages in Benzie County, MI
No live outage feed is available for Benzie County, MI yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 19.0 hours.
Benzie County, MI is served by local tracked utilities.
Benzie 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.
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Benzie County has been under 15 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Air Quality Alert on July 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×8
- Air Quality Alert ×6
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Benzie County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Benzie County went about 19.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 10,566 customers.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 4,936 customers out) · decade average 12.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 230 | 3,763 | 11.5 |
| 2016 | 117 | 1,755 | 2.8 |
| 2017 | 232 | 10,566 | 12.1 |
| 2018 | 252 | 5,081 | 9.8 |
| 2019 | 321 | 8,742 | 11.7 |
| 2020 | 538 | 3,043 | 16.2 |
| 2021 | 416 | 4,936 | 23.8 |
| 2022 | 446 | 2,404 | 14.5 |
| 2023 | 339 | 4,084 | 5.6 |
| 2024 | 430 | 1,648 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 431 | 4,310 | 19.0 |
Relatively High winter weather exposure · 12.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Benzie County: FAQ
- How often does Benzie County, MI lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Benzie County, MI logged 431 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 19.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Benzie County, MI?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 10,566 customers without power, beginning July 7, 2017 and lasting about 12h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Benzie County, MI right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Benzie County, MI. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Benzie County.
49616, 49617, 49628, 49635, 49640, 49643, 49650, 49683
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/26019 and /api/v1/counties/26019/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Michigan customers).