Power Outages in Bayfield County, WI
No live outage feed is available for Bayfield County, WI yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.7 hours.
Bayfield County, WI is served by local tracked utilities.
Bayfield County's utilities do not report live data to ODIN, so real-time outage counts aren't available here. The historical record below is complete.
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Bayfield County has been under 20 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Air Quality Alert on July 18, 2026.
- Extreme Heat Warning ×8
- Air Quality Alert ×4
- Heat Advisory ×4
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×3
- Extreme Heat Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Bayfield County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Bayfield County went about 4.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,170 customers.
Worst year here was 2016 (peak 5,170 customers out) · decade average 4.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 161 | 872 | 1.9 |
| 2016 | 120 | 5,170 | 12.8 |
| 2017 | 146 | 3,351 | 5.6 |
| 2018 | 150 | 1,456 | 1.7 |
| 2019 | 168 | 1,458 | 2.6 |
| 2020 | 151 | 3,398 | 4.5 |
| 2021 | 188 | 752 | 2.3 |
| 2022 | 219 | 2,808 | 8.3 |
| 2023 | 209 | 1,992 | 2.3 |
| 2024 | 225 | 476 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 272 | 1,597 | 4.7 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 4.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Bayfield County: FAQ
- How often does Bayfield County, WI lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Bayfield County, WI logged 272 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Bayfield County, WI?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,170 customers without power, beginning July 21, 2016 and lasting about 1d 11h.
- Is there a power outage in Bayfield County, WI right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Bayfield County, WI. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Bayfield County.
54814, 54821, 54827, 54832, 54839, 54844, 54847, 54856, 54865, 54891
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/55007 and /api/v1/counties/55007/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Wisconsin customers).