Power Outages in Van Wert County, OH
No live outage feed is available for Van Wert County, OH yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 9.4 hours.
Van Wert County, OH is served by local tracked utilities.
Van Wert 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
Van Wert County has been under 7 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on July 18, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Air Quality Alert ×2
- Heat Advisory ×1
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Van Wert County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Van Wert County went about 9.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 6,307 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 5,498 customers out) · decade average 6.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 190 | 1,456 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 159 | 2,707 | 5.4 |
| 2017 | 255 | 2,878 | 5.0 |
| 2018 | 418 | 1,504 | 2.7 |
| 2019 | 426 | 4,821 | 8.2 |
| 2020 | 479 | 5,498 | 13.5 |
| 2021 | 482 | 2,840 | 5.0 |
| 2022 | 464 | 6,307 | 6.1 |
| 2023 | 476 | 2,835 | 5.2 |
| 2024 | 476 | 2,382 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 521 | 4,295 | 9.4 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 6.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Van Wert County: FAQ
- How often does Van Wert County, OH lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Van Wert County, OH logged 521 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 9.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Van Wert County, OH?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 6,307 customers without power, beginning August 21, 2022 and lasting about 8h 45m.
- Is there a power outage in Van Wert County, OH right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Van Wert County, OH. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Van Wert County.
45832, 45838, 45863, 45874, 45891, 45894, 45898, 45899
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/39161 and /api/v1/counties/39161/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Ohio customers).