County annual report · FIPS 19083
2016 Hardin County, IA Power Outage Report
In 2016, customers in Hardin County, IA went without power for an average of 4.0 hours, a total of 27K customer-hours (Iowa average 1.8 hours). That ranks 12th worst of 99 Iowa counties and 795th 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 Hardin 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 | July 17, 2016 09:00 | July 18, 2016 04:15 | 19h 15m | 1,788 | 10K |
| 2 | July 24, 2016 22:00 | July 25, 2016 00:30 | 2h 30m | 1,028 | 1,543 |
| 3 | August 2, 2016 16:00 | August 2, 2016 16:15 | 15m | 987 | 247 |
| 4 | August 23, 2016 07:30 | August 23, 2016 14:00 | 6h 30m | 581 | 3,771 |
| 5 | November 9, 2016 08:15 | November 9, 2016 12:45 | 4h 30m | 580 | 2,471 |
| 6 | January 28, 2016 14:15 | January 29, 2016 18:30 | 1d 4h | 574 | 315 |
| 7 | July 12, 2016 04:15 | July 12, 2016 07:00 | 2h 45m | 492 | 739 |
| 8 | November 13, 2016 06:45 | November 13, 2016 09:00 | 2h 15m | 370 | 636 |
| 9 | August 2, 2016 17:30 | August 2, 2016 17:45 | 15m | 347 | 87 |
| 10 | July 7, 2016 12:45 | July 7, 2016 14:15 | 1h 30m | 316 | 398 |
Outage episodes by size in 2016: 25 reached 100+ customers, 2 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 Hardin 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 |
| Interstate Power and Light Co | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Midland Power Coop | - | - | - | - | - |
| Prairie Energy Coop | - | - | - | - | - |
| Franklin Rural Electric Coop - (IA) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Grundy County Rural Elec Coop | - | - | - | - | - |
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 ÷ 6,885 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. Hardin County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Hardin 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/hardin-county