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2016 Pocahontas County, IA Power Outage Report
In 2016, customers in Pocahontas County, IA went without power for an average of 2.8 hours, a total of 8,988 customer-hours (Iowa average 1.8 hours). That ranks 27th worst of 99 Iowa counties and 1040th 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 Pocahontas 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 | September 16, 2016 02:00 | September 16, 2016 06:00 | 4h | 721 | 184 |
| 2 | December 21, 2016 17:30 | December 21, 2016 19:15 | 1h 45m | 661 | 1,037 |
| 3 | August 25, 2016 08:30 | August 25, 2016 11:00 | 2h 30m | 415 | 1,038 |
| 4 | July 12, 2016 03:15 | July 12, 2016 08:15 | 5h | 357 | 1,253 |
| 5 | July 17, 2016 07:45 | July 18, 2016 09:00 | 1d 1h | 340 | 1,579 |
| 6 | July 23, 2016 13:00 | July 23, 2016 15:00 | 2h | 324 | 83 |
| 7 | March 24, 2016 08:45 | March 25, 2016 02:15 | 17h 30m | 282 | 850 |
| 8 | July 7, 2016 06:15 | July 8, 2016 00:15 | 18h | 223 | 1,667 |
| 9 | August 6, 2016 19:45 | August 6, 2016 20:15 | 30m | 145 | 37 |
| 10 | August 9, 2016 08:15 | August 9, 2016 10:00 | 1h 45m | 135 | 236 |
Outage episodes by size in 2016: 10 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 Pocahontas 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 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Midland Power Coop | - | - | - | - | - |
| Calhoun County Elec Coop Assn | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Fonda - (IA) | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Laurens - (IA) | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Pocahontas - (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 ÷ 3,159 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. Pocahontas County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Pocahontas 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/pocahontas-county