Power Outages in Shelby County, OH
No live outage feed is available for Shelby County, OH yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.8 hours.
Shelby County, OH is served by local tracked utilities.
Shelby 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.
- Special Weather StatementMODERATE
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Shelby County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 18, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×9
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Flood Advisory ×1
- Heat Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Shelby County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Shelby County went about 5.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 7,446 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 5,105 customers out) · decade average 4.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 298 | 2,224 | 2.2 |
| 2016 | 310 | 7,446 | 2.2 |
| 2017 | 299 | 5,396 | 2.9 |
| 2018 | 322 | 768 | 1.3 |
| 2019 | 411 | 5,118 | 4.5 |
| 2020 | 424 | 5,105 | 6.8 |
| 2021 | 430 | 3,109 | 4.7 |
| 2022 | 508 | 4,983 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 490 | 2,735 | 5.2 |
| 2024 | 532 | 3,443 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 510 | 4,093 | 5.8 |
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 4.1 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 Shelby County: FAQ
- How often does Shelby County, OH lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Shelby County, OH logged 510 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Shelby County, OH?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 7,446 customers without power, beginning November 16, 2016 and lasting about 1h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Shelby County, OH right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Shelby County, OH. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Shelby County.
45302, 45306, 45333, 45334, 45336, 45340, 45353, 45360, 45363, 45365, 45845
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/39149 and /api/v1/counties/39149/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Ohio customers).