Power Outages in Vilas County, WI
No live outage feed is available for Vilas County, WI yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 87.5 hours.
Vilas County, WI is served by local tracked utilities.
Vilas 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
Vilas County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Air Quality Alert on July 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×8
- Air Quality Alert ×4
Hardest-hit cities in Vilas County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Vilas County went about 87.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 19,123 customers.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 19,123 customers out) · decade average 48.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 475 | 5,438 | 25.2 |
| 2016 | 568 | 12,976 | 72.1 |
| 2017 | 572 | 11,488 | 63.2 |
| 2018 | 540 | 4,073 | 11.3 |
| 2019 | 631 | 5,408 | 31.9 |
| 2020 | 595 | 14,379 | 16.0 |
| 2021 | 519 | 19,123 | 103.2 |
| 2022 | 575 | 13,340 | 72.4 |
| 2023 | 558 | 11,423 | 29.5 |
| 2024 | 528 | 4,368 | 19.3 |
| 2025 | 606 | 9,411 | 87.5 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 48.3 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 Vilas County: FAQ
- How often does Vilas County, WI lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Vilas County, WI logged 606 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 87.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Vilas County, WI?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 19,123 customers without power, beginning July 27, 2021 and lasting about 4d 2h.
- Is there a power outage in Vilas County, WI right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Vilas County, WI. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Vilas County.
54512, 54519, 54521, 54538, 54540, 54545, 54554, 54557, 54558, 54560, 54561, 54568
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/55125 and /api/v1/counties/55125/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Wisconsin customers).