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2016 Buena Vista County, IA Power Outage Report
In 2016, customers in Buena Vista County, IA went without power for an average of 0.6 hours, a total of 6,456 customer-hours (Iowa average 1.8 hours). That ranks 88th worst of 99 Iowa counties and 1993rd 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 Buena Vista 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 | October 5, 2016 02:00 | October 5, 2016 03:30 | 1h 30m | 835 | 210 |
| 2 | October 4, 2016 23:45 | October 5, 2016 00:15 | 30m | 834 | 417 |
| 3 | September 15, 2016 22:15 | September 16, 2016 06:15 | 8h | 753 | 553 |
| 4 | November 18, 2016 22:45 | November 19, 2016 01:00 | 2h 15m | 635 | 1,269 |
| 5 | July 12, 2016 19:45 | July 12, 2016 21:00 | 1h 15m | 215 | 61 |
| 6 | July 17, 2016 07:15 | July 17, 2016 20:00 | 12h 45m | 183 | 858 |
| 7 | March 23, 2016 20:45 | March 24, 2016 05:00 | 8h 15m | 154 | 171 |
| 8 | January 10, 2016 14:15 | January 10, 2016 17:45 | 3h 30m | 150 | 294 |
| 9 | September 14, 2016 08:15 | September 14, 2016 11:45 | 3h 30m | 130 | 293 |
| 10 | April 15, 2016 18:30 | April 15, 2016 20:30 | 2h | 114 | 228 |
Outage episodes by size in 2016: 11 reached 100+ customers, 0 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 Buena Vista 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 |
| Iowa Lakes Electric Coop | 2016 | 55 min | 0.50 | 54 min | 0.49 |
| Interstate Power and Light Co | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raccoon Valley Electric Cooperative | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Alta - (IA) | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Marathon - (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 ÷ 11,607 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. Buena Vista County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Buena Vista 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/buena-vista-county