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2016 Ringgold County, IA Power Outage Report
In 2016, customers in Ringgold County, IA went without power for an average of 1.9 hours, a total of 4,707 customer-hours (Iowa average 1.8 hours). That ranks 51st worst of 99 Iowa counties and 1386th 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 Ringgold 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 25, 2016 15:45 | September 25, 2016 17:30 | 1h 45m | 384 | 577 |
| 2 | July 9, 2016 00:15 | July 11, 2016 18:45 | 2d 18h | 221 | 428 |
| 3 | September 8, 2016 03:30 | September 8, 2016 21:15 | 17h 45m | 115 | 1,682 |
| 4 | September 17, 2016 01:00 | September 17, 2016 05:30 | 4h 30m | 115 | 518 |
| 5 | September 16, 2016 08:30 | September 16, 2016 14:30 | 6h | 102 | 180 |
| 6 | July 18, 2016 10:45 | July 18, 2016 17:45 | 7h | 93 | 395 |
| 7 | August 1, 2016 10:00 | August 1, 2016 17:00 | 7h | 64 | 74 |
| 8 | October 26, 2016 08:15 | October 26, 2016 11:30 | 3h 15m | 62 | 171 |
| 9 | July 7, 2016 11:00 | July 7, 2016 15:45 | 4h 45m | 45 | 110 |
| 10 | July 19, 2016 17:30 | July 20, 2016 04:15 | 10h 45m | 38 | 73 |
Outage episodes by size in 2016: 5 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 Ringgold 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop | 2016 | 2.4 hrs | 1.67 | 1.7 hrs | 1.35 |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | - | - | - | - | - |
| Interstate Power and Light Co | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) | - | - | - | - | - |
| United Electric Coop, Inc - (MO) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Grundy Electric Coop, Inc | - | - | - | - | - |
| Clarke Electric Coop Inc - (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. Ringgold County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Ringgold 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/ringgold-county