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2019 Pocahontas County, IA Power Outage Report
In 2019, customers in Pocahontas County, IA went without power for an average of 1.8 hours, a total of 5,786 customer-hours (Iowa average 2.2 hours). That ranks 65th worst of 99 Iowa counties and 2113th of 2,945 nationally.
Compared with IA, the US and 2018
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Iowa customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Pocahontas County, 2019
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 27, 2019 20:15 | April 28, 2019 05:30 | 9h 15m | 640 | 1,150 |
| 2 | October 14, 2019 20:30 | October 15, 2019 02:00 | 5h 30m | 634 | 1,454 |
| 3 | May 16, 2019 22:30 | May 16, 2019 23:45 | 1h 15m | 403 | 287 |
| 4 | May 17, 2019 07:15 | May 17, 2019 10:45 | 3h 30m | 314 | 641 |
| 5 | April 22, 2019 19:45 | April 23, 2019 19:15 | 23h 30m | 145 | 60 |
| 6 | October 11, 2019 22:00 | October 11, 2019 23:30 | 1h 30m | 142 | 213 |
| 7 | October 18, 2019 18:15 | October 18, 2019 19:15 | 1h | 140 | 71 |
| 8 | September 24, 2019 19:30 | September 24, 2019 19:45 | 15m | 130 | 33 |
| 9 | September 14, 2019 18:30 | September 15, 2019 03:30 | 9h | 116 | 177 |
| 10 | March 9, 2019 13:45 | March 9, 2019 17:30 | 3h 45m | 111 | 238 |
Outage episodes by size in 2019: 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 2019, 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 | 2018 | 1.9 hrs | 1.18 | 75 min | 0.96 |
| Iowa Lakes Electric Coop | 2018 | 1.8 hrs | 1.06 | 88 min | 0.98 |
| 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 89% of Iowa's customers in 2019; 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, 2019, 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/2019/iowa/pocahontas-county