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2016 Audubon County, IA Power Outage Report
In 2016, customers in Audubon County, IA went without power for an average of 2.5 hours, a total of 6,281 customer-hours (Iowa average 1.8 hours). That ranks 35th worst of 99 Iowa counties and 1149th of 2,391 nationally.
Compared with IA, the US and 2015
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Iowa customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Audubon County, 2016
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | August 11, 2016 23:45 | August 12, 2016 12:15 | 12h 30m | 1,712 | 2,982 |
| 2 | November 22, 2016 22:45 | November 22, 2016 23:30 | 45m | 761 | 571 |
| 3 | February 3, 2016 09:45 | February 3, 2016 17:15 | 7h 30m | 726 | 1,056 |
| 4 | February 2, 2016 10:15 | February 2, 2016 12:30 | 2h 15m | 110 | 208 |
| 5 | September 29, 2016 07:30 | September 29, 2016 10:45 | 3h 15m | 99 | 297 |
| 6 | February 11, 2016 20:45 | February 11, 2016 21:15 | 30m | 65 | 33 |
| 7 | November 4, 2016 15:15 | November 4, 2016 17:45 | 2h 30m | 48 | 108 |
| 8 | December 22, 2016 18:15 | December 22, 2016 19:45 | 1h 30m | 43 | 65 |
| 9 | December 25, 2016 16:15 | December 25, 2016 18:45 | 2h 30m | 43 | 88 |
| 10 | September 16, 2016 02:45 | September 16, 2016 05:00 | 2h 15m | 35 | 34 |
Outage episodes by size in 2016: 4 reached 100+ customers, 1 reached 1,000+ customers, 0 reached 10,000+ customers.
Utility reliability filed with the EIA
SAIDI (average outage time per customer) and SAIFI (average interruptions per customer) that utilities serving Audubon County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2016, or their most recent earlier filing. Utility-wide figures, not county-specific.
| Utility | EIA year | SAIDI | SAIFI | SAIDI excl. major events | SAIFI excl. major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MidAmerican Energy Co | 2016 | 3.6 hrs | 1.64 | 83 min | 0.90 |
| Western Iowa Power Coop | 2016 | 81 min | 0.99 | 76 min | 0.95 |
| Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (IA) | 2016 | 13 min | 0.13 | 13 min | 0.13 |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raccoon Valley Electric Cooperative | - | - | - | - | - |
| Guthrie County Rural E C A | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nishnabotna Valley R E C | - | - | - | - | - |
| Atlantic Municipal Utilities | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Kimballton - (IA) | - | - | - | - | - |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Iowa's customers in 2016; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 2,511 customers (ORNL modeled county customer count), including major storm days. It is comparable across counties but is not the SAIDI a utility files.
- An outage event is a continuous stretch with customers out; counts at 100, 1,000 and 10,000+ use its peak.
- Years loaded: 2015–2025. Audubon County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Audubon County, IA annual power outage report, 2016, data as of Oct 3, 2026 02:41 UTC, sources: DOE EAGLE-I (https://eagle-i.doe.gov/); EAGLE-I modeled customer counts (MCC) (https://figshare.com/); EIA Form 861 (utility reliability) (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/). https://massoutage.com/reports/2016/iowa/audubon-county