Power Outages in Forest County, WI
No live outage feed is available for Forest County, WI yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 104.7 hours.
Forest County, WI is served by local tracked utilities.
Forest 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
Forest County has been under 13 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Air Quality Alert on July 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×8
- Air Quality Alert ×5
Hardest-hit cities in Forest County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Forest County went about 104.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 12,168 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 9,526 customers out) · decade average 23.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 298 | 2,009 | 6.8 |
| 2016 | 187 | 2,034 | 9.6 |
| 2017 | 250 | 2,294 | 16.2 |
| 2018 | 403 | 3,274 | 6.7 |
| 2019 | 444 | 7,039 | 28.1 |
| 2020 | 235 | 12,168 | 8.1 |
| 2021 | 171 | 2,924 | 27.4 |
| 2022 | 248 | 3,610 | 23.1 |
| 2023 | 212 | 3,038 | 14.5 |
| 2024 | 258 | 4,169 | 14.1 |
| 2025 | 238 | 9,526 | 104.7 |
Relatively Low high winds exposure · 23.6 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 Forest County: FAQ
- How often does Forest County, WI lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Forest County, WI logged 238 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 104.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Forest County, WI?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 12,168 customers without power, beginning May 16, 2020 and lasting about 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Forest County, WI right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Forest County, WI. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Forest County.
54103, 54465, 54511, 54520, 54541, 54542, 54566
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/55041 and /api/v1/counties/55041/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Wisconsin customers).