Calhoun County, Florida Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Calhoun County, Florida had 11 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 3.94 times the US outage time per person and 2.00 times the Florida rate. It ranks 13 of 60 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

1.2major outages per year

6 of 9years with a major outage

165 hrslongest major outage

Oct, Aughardest months

October and August made up 60% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Oct 23, 2018, reached 2,921 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 164.8 hours.

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Outage impact by year

Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.

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Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	37,544	18	1
2016	16,973	19	0
2017	97,150	38	0
2018	614,358	78	5
2019	73,302	30	0
2020	63,157	43	1
2021	133,134	26	1
2022	74,486	32	2
2023	40,042	25	1

When outages hit

Share of this county's customer-hours by month.

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Largest outages on record

Start date	Hours	Peak customers	Customer-hours
Oct 23, 2018	164.8	2,921	282,723
Oct 21, 2018	55.0	2,924	151,191
Aug 16, 2021	43.8	5,536	90,750
Oct 13, 2018	16.5	2,927	48,296
Dec 24, 2022	13.2	1,866	24,399

Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.

Size your backup battery

Start with what you would keep running. Wattages are typical averages, so check your own appliances.

Phones, Wi-Fi, lights, about 60 WRefrigerator, about 60 WChest freezer, about 40 WGas furnace fan, about 160 W

Hours to cover: 24

1,700 Whof battery capacity, allowing for about 15% conversion loss

If anyone relies on medical equipment, plan that with their provider. Run portable fuel generators outdoors only, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. See the outage checklist.

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How to read this

A major outage lasted at least 8 hours and reached customers equal to at least 1% of county residents.
Records cover outages of at least 200 customers in a county. They do not show what happened on your street.
Utilities that do not report can make a county look better than it is. Data ends in 2023. Read the full method.