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2017 Pocahontas County, IA Power Outage Report
In 2017, customers in Pocahontas County, IA went without power for an average of 2.0 hours, a total of 6,224 customer-hours (Iowa average 2.0 hours). That ranks 40th worst of 99 Iowa counties and 1639th of 2,786 nationally.
Compared with IA, the US and 2016
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Iowa customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Pocahontas County, 2017
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 13, 2017 08:45 | November 13, 2017 11:15 | 2h 30m | 367 | 784 |
| 2 | April 8, 2017 10:15 | April 8, 2017 11:15 | 1h | 323 | 323 |
| 3 | August 24, 2017 12:30 | August 24, 2017 14:00 | 1h 30m | 300 | 265 |
| 4 | May 17, 2017 02:00 | May 17, 2017 17:30 | 15h 30m | 191 | 584 |
| 5 | February 24, 2017 02:45 | February 24, 2017 13:45 | 11h | 157 | 632 |
| 6 | July 12, 2017 04:30 | July 12, 2017 07:15 | 2h 45m | 136 | 341 |
| 7 | October 23, 2017 16:30 | October 23, 2017 17:00 | 30m | 135 | 68 |
| 8 | October 31, 2017 07:15 | October 31, 2017 10:30 | 3h 15m | 135 | 439 |
| 9 | September 15, 2017 13:15 | September 15, 2017 21:15 | 8h | 96 | 312 |
| 10 | September 11, 2017 09:30 | September 11, 2017 11:15 | 1h 45m | 90 | 101 |
Outage episodes by size in 2017: 8 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 2017, 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 | 2017 | 1.9 hrs | 1.00 | 1.6 hrs | 0.91 |
| Iowa Lakes Electric Coop | 2017 | 48 min | 0.56 | 48 min | 0.56 |
| 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 2017; 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, 2017, 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/2017/iowa/pocahontas-county