2024 Iowa Power Outage Report
In 2024, the average Iowa customer went without power for about 3.2 hours, the 38th worst of 51 states (US average 11.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
3.2
vs prior year
▲ 60%
vs 2023
Customer-hours out
5.1M
Peak customers out
69,005
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of IA customers
Counties reporting
99
Iowa year over year
All 99 Iowa counties, 2024
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monroe County | 21.3 | 87K | 4,056 | 1,652 | 345 |
| 2 | Adams County | 19.1 | 35K | 1,844 | 658 | 179 |
| 3 | Ringgold County | 12.8 | 32K | 2,511 | 1,783 | 282 |
| 4 | Wayne County | 12.4 | 37K | 2,947 | 1,473 | 225 |
| 5 | Keokuk County | 10.1 | 47K | 4,684 | 4,684 | 406 |
| 6 | Des Moines County | 9.7 | 177K | 18,207 | 7,944 | 587 |
| 7 | Appanoose County | 8.9 | 59K | 6,572 | 2,465 | 474 |
| 8 | Jasper County | 8.8 | 136K | 15,566 | 7,059 | 500 |
| 9 | Butler County | 8.5 | 41K | 4,791 | 3,026 | 306 |
| 10 | Washington County | 8.2 | 79K | 9,700 | 5,578 | 514 |
| 11 | Franklin County | 8.2 | 38K | 4,637 | 1,391 | 208 |
| 12 | Worth County | 7.4 | 17K | 2,289 | 1,347 | 257 |
| 13 | Calhoun County | 7.2 | 30K | 4,092 | 2,439 | 167 |
| 14 | Tama County | 7.0 | 57K | 8,169 | 4,503 | 332 |
| 15 | Pottawattamie County | 7.0 | 356K | 51,132 | 12,184 | 760 |
| 16 | Sac County | 6.5 | 25K | 3,895 | 1,282 | 128 |
| 17 | Van Buren County | 6.3 | 20K | 3,146 | 1,641 | 216 |
| 18 | Taylor County | 6.2 | 18K | 2,951 | 1,654 | 250 |
| 19 | Scott County | 6.1 | 411K | 67,611 | 17,742 | 878 |
| 20 | Audubon County | 5.7 | 14K | 2,511 | 908 | 176 |
| 21 | Grundy County | 5.6 | 31K | 5,507 | 650 | 180 |
| 22 | Jefferson County | 5.6 | 38K | 6,879 | 5,442 | 468 |
| 23 | Shelby County | 5.4 | 39K | 7,164 | 1,046 | 300 |
| 24 | Woodbury County | 5.4 | 139K | 25,626 | 7,310 | 721 |
| 25 | Mahaska County | 5.3 | 43K | 8,162 | 5,512 | 366 |
| 26 | Allamakee County | 5.2 | 35K | 6,750 | 1,470 | 323 |
| 27 | Harrison County | 5.1 | 39K | 7,620 | 2,454 | 216 |
| 28 | Ida County | 5.1 | 16K | 3,231 | 1,243 | 132 |
| 29 | Cedar County | 5.0 | 45K | 8,986 | 4,146 | 404 |
| 30 | Poweshiek County | 4.9 | 33K | 6,708 | 2,393 | 460 |
| 31 | Montgomery County | 4.7 | 27K | 5,724 | 1,176 | 220 |
| 32 | Iowa County | 4.3 | 30K | 6,965 | 3,681 | 377 |
| 33 | Decatur County | 4.2 | 14K | 3,356 | 908 | 216 |
| 34 | Howard County | 4.1 | 17K | 4,177 | 1,333 | 385 |
| 35 | Mills County | 4.0 | 29K | 7,270 | 2,185 | 323 |
| 36 | Floyd County | 3.9 | 31K | 7,886 | 2,451 | 309 |
| 37 | Dickinson County | 3.8 | 25K | 6,731 | 3,604 | 292 |
| 38 | Lee County | 3.7 | 58K | 15,486 | 2,208 | 649 |
| 39 | Warren County | 3.7 | 87K | 23,806 | 3,096 | 456 |
| 40 | Hancock County | 3.6 | 20K | 5,489 | 1,827 | 308 |
| 41 | Delaware County | 3.4 | 24K | 7,035 | 3,187 | 341 |
| 42 | Monona County | 3.4 | 25K | 7,388 | 644 | 136 |
| 43 | O'Brien County | 3.4 | 17K | 5,030 | 1,314 | 173 |
| 44 | Lyon County | 3.3 | 17K | 5,090 | 738 | 73 |
| 45 | Henry County | 3.3 | 39K | 11,923 | 3,281 | 432 |
| 46 | Marshall County | 3.3 | 52K | 15,945 | 1,673 | 499 |
| 47 | Wright County | 3.2 | 18K | 5,538 | 2,110 | 263 |
| 48 | Louisa County | 3.2 | 15K | 4,554 | 918 | 368 |
| 49 | Sioux County | 3.2 | 54K | 16,993 | 3,265 | 230 |
| 50 | Chickasaw County | 3.2 | 22K | 6,991 | 1,286 | 292 |
| 51 | Wapello County | 3.1 | 68K | 21,960 | 3,487 | 700 |
| 52 | Pocahontas County | 3.1 | 9,825 | 3,159 | 1,012 | 153 |
| 53 | Clinton County | 3.0 | 64K | 21,505 | 4,603 | 676 |
| 54 | Jackson County | 3.0 | 30K | 10,302 | 1,827 | 265 |
| 55 | Polk County | 2.9 | 830K | 287,095 | 26,999 | 860 |
| 56 | Clarke County | 2.7 | 12K | 4,290 | 1,248 | 266 |
| 57 | Madison County | 2.7 | 26K | 9,366 | 1,191 | 341 |
| 58 | Cass County | 2.6 | 27K | 10,329 | 993 | 259 |
| 59 | Mitchell County | 2.6 | 16K | 6,347 | 605 | 252 |
| 60 | Palo Alto County | 2.5 | 11K | 4,166 | 2,238 | 167 |
| 61 | Cherokee County | 2.5 | 15K | 5,968 | 1,074 | 162 |
| 62 | Davis County | 2.5 | 12K | 4,718 | 598 | 148 |
| 63 | Marion County | 2.4 | 47K | 19,876 | 3,819 | 352 |
| 64 | Dubuque County | 2.4 | 111K | 46,546 | 7,974 | 569 |
| 65 | Plymouth County | 2.3 | 20K | 8,581 | 1,462 | 236 |
| 66 | Union County | 2.3 | 15K | 6,645 | 1,911 | 354 |
| 67 | Johnson County | 2.2 | 170K | 77,769 | 3,665 | 761 |
| 68 | Winneshiek County | 2.2 | 20K | 9,369 | 1,642 | 551 |
| 69 | Fremont County | 2.1 | 9,155 | 4,285 | 481 | 211 |
| 70 | Adair County | 2.1 | 7,675 | 3,686 | 865 | 247 |
| 71 | Fayette County | 2.1 | 18K | 8,712 | 1,398 | 324 |
| 72 | Clayton County | 2.0 | 21K | 10,421 | 946 | 375 |
| 73 | Humboldt County | 2.0 | 6,971 | 3,507 | 1,074 | 232 |
| 74 | Webster County | 2.0 | 40K | 20,411 | 3,134 | 427 |
| 75 | Jones County | 1.9 | 16K | 8,507 | 1,480 | 348 |
| 76 | Crawford County | 1.8 | 16K | 9,213 | 936 | 150 |
| 77 | Lucas County | 1.7 | 7,380 | 4,225 | 541 | 241 |
| 78 | Greene County | 1.7 | 5,859 | 3,417 | 2,647 | 255 |
| 79 | Black Hawk County | 1.7 | 96K | 57,533 | 7,552 | 789 |
| 80 | Story County | 1.6 | 101K | 63,396 | 5,278 | 544 |
| 81 | Linn County | 1.5 | 179K | 118,247 | 8,629 | 967 |
| 82 | Hardin County | 1.5 | 10K | 6,885 | 2,350 | 254 |
| 83 | Muscatine County | 1.5 | 44K | 30,353 | 1,926 | 431 |
| 84 | Buchanan County | 1.4 | 18K | 12,254 | 1,511 | 290 |
| 85 | Page County | 1.4 | 12K | 9,035 | 1,334 | 261 |
| 86 | Winnebago County | 1.4 | 9,823 | 7,213 | 472 | 197 |
| 87 | Guthrie County | 1.3 | 7,001 | 5,390 | 827 | 236 |
| 88 | Carroll County | 1.3 | 11K | 8,666 | 1,488 | 214 |
| 89 | Dallas County | 1.2 | 71K | 58,451 | 4,710 | 653 |
| 90 | Boone County | 1.2 | 12K | 10,670 | 1,592 | 496 |
| 91 | Benton County | 1.1 | 15K | 13,498 | 1,806 | 415 |
| 92 | Bremer County | 1.1 | 18K | 16,028 | 949 | 265 |
| 93 | Cerro Gordo County | 1.0 | 30K | 29,435 | 1,751 | 548 |
| 94 | Buena Vista County | 1.0 | 11K | 11,607 | 1,075 | 185 |
| 95 | Kossuth County | 0.8 | 6,501 | 7,698 | 1,048 | 264 |
| 96 | Hamilton County | 0.8 | 7,643 | 9,205 | 1,077 | 318 |
| 97 | Clay County | 0.4 | 5,188 | 13,668 | 334 | 168 |
| 98 | Osceola County | 0.3 | 1,032 | 3,588 | 308 | 41 |
| 99 | Emmet County | 0.1 | 858 | 5,934 | 197 | 101 |
Biggest Iowa outages of 2024
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polk County, IA | May 20, 2024 23:30 | May 24, 2024 00:15 | 3d | 26,999 | 220K |
| 2 | Polk County, IA | May 24, 2024 10:15 | May 26, 2024 00:45 | 1d 14h | 26,759 | 92K |
| 3 | Scott County, IA | July 15, 2024 01:45 | July 18, 2024 02:15 | 3d | 17,742 | 270K |
| 4 | Polk County, IA | July 31, 2024 07:15 | August 2, 2024 06:00 | 1d 22h | 15,730 | 85K |
| 5 | Pottawattamie County, IA | June 25, 2024 12:30 | June 28, 2024 05:00 | 2d 16h | 12,184 | 119K |
| 6 | Polk County, IA | July 15, 2024 11:30 | July 18, 2024 01:30 | 2d 14h | 11,726 | 102K |
| 7 | Polk County, IA | April 26, 2024 21:45 | April 30, 2024 08:00 | 3d 10h | 11,614 | 37K |
| 8 | Polk County, IA | July 12, 2024 15:00 | July 12, 2024 21:15 | 6h 15m | 10,851 | 2,751 |
| 9 | Polk County, IA | July 30, 2024 04:45 | July 31, 2024 03:30 | 22h 45m | 9,659 | 40K |
| 10 | Linn County, IA | July 15, 2024 22:30 | July 17, 2024 04:00 | 1d 5h | 8,629 | 35K |
| 11 | Dubuque County, IA | June 26, 2024 18:30 | July 30, 2024 23:15 | 34d 4h | 7,974 | 63K |
| 12 | Des Moines County, IA | August 28, 2024 01:15 | August 29, 2024 22:30 | 1d 21h | 7,944 | 92K |
| 13 | Black Hawk County, IA | May 21, 2024 21:30 | May 23, 2024 08:30 | 1d 11h | 7,552 | 46K |
| 14 | Scott County, IA | September 16, 2024 12:15 | September 17, 2024 10:15 | 22h | 7,404 | 3,974 |
| 15 | Woodbury County, IA | July 30, 2024 04:45 | August 1, 2024 03:30 | 1d 22h | 7,310 | 52K |
| 16 | Jasper County, IA | May 21, 2024 22:00 | May 23, 2024 02:15 | 1d 4h | 7,059 | 49K |
| 17 | Pottawattamie County, IA | April 26, 2024 21:45 | April 30, 2024 23:00 | 4d 1h | 6,138 | 66K |
| 18 | Pottawattamie County, IA | July 31, 2024 22:15 | August 6, 2024 22:45 | 6d | 6,061 | 67K |
| 19 | Polk County, IA | April 16, 2024 12:15 | April 17, 2024 21:45 | 1d 9h | 5,850 | 8,036 |
| 20 | Polk County, IA | January 3, 2024 14:30 | January 4, 2024 01:00 | 10h 30m | 5,709 | 4,071 |
| 21 | Scott County, IA | April 2, 2024 17:30 | April 3, 2024 05:30 | 12h | 5,676 | 3,179 |
| 22 | Washington County, IA | October 8, 2024 13:15 | October 8, 2024 16:15 | 3h | 5,578 | 6,547 |
| 23 | Mahaska County, IA | April 27, 2024 23:45 | April 28, 2024 15:00 | 15h 15m | 5,512 | 18K |
| 24 | Jefferson County, IA | July 16, 2024 00:15 | July 16, 2024 19:00 | 18h 45m | 5,442 | 8,433 |
| 25 | Story County, IA | May 2, 2024 09:30 | May 2, 2024 15:00 | 5h 30m | 5,278 | 25K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Iowa's electricity customers in 2024; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2024 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.