Boone County power outages

Indiana outage history from 2015 to 2023, with the largest outages and a backup battery estimate.

Boone County, Indiana had 4 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Lower outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.10 times the US outage time per person and 0.16 times the Indiana rate. It ranks 87 of 90 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

0.4major outages per year
3 of 9years with a major outage
16 hrslongest major outage
Apr, Marhardest months

April and March made up 35% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Jul 11, 2017, reached 4,394 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 16.0 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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YearCustomer-hoursReported outagesMajor outages
20156,68250
201632,236130
201734,77052
201846,796131
20194,93360
202022,811141
20218,398130
202210,481100
20232,71850

When outages hit

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

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Largest outages on record

Start dateHoursPeak customersCustomer-hours
Jul 11, 201716.04,39417,101
Apr 4, 20185.04,46715,852
Apr 9, 202016.21,87815,451
Mar 1, 20178.54,76913,757
Jun 19, 20184.81,7627,644

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.

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.