Jackson County, Florida Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

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

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 3.42 times the US outage time per person and 1.74 times the Florida rate. It ranks 19 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

360 hrslongest major outage

Oct, Aughardest months

October and August made up 90% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Oct 23, 2018, reached 9,421 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 360.0 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated Florida counties

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Outage impact by year

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

2015'152016'162017'172018'182019'192020'202021'212022'222023'23

Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	44,021	39	1
2016	18,583	25	0
2017	48,242	37	2
2018	3,313,962	53	3
2019	5,370	11	0
2020	105,420	44	3
2021	143,547	40	1
2022	31,586	55	0
2023	56,218	46	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	360.0	9,421	1,551,445
Oct 10, 2018	138.8	13,178	1,158,989
Oct 21, 2018	55.0	10,508	514,603
Aug 16, 2021	40.5	5,473	81,777
Oct 18, 2018	4.0	9,720	36,664

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.