Buchanan County, Iowa Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Buchanan County, Iowa had 8 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Lower outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.24 times the US outage time per person and 0.28 times the Iowa rate. It ranks 63 of 97 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

0.9major outages per year

3 of 9years with a major outage

24 hrslongest major outage

Nov, Aughardest months

November and August made up 55% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Aug 24, 2021, reached 1,194 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 19.0 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated Iowa 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.

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Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	4,416	4	0
2016	10,848	13	0
2017	7,094	6	1
2018	4,119	6	0
2019	5,590	9	0
2020	5,702	12	0
2021	21,090	13	1
2022	6,289	12	0
2023	45,039	19	6

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
Aug 24, 2021	19.0	1,194	13,442
Nov 12, 2023	23.8	358	8,502
Nov 10, 2023	17.8	358	6,212
Nov 14, 2023	14.8	373	5,136
May 17, 2017	11.8	1,471	5,083

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.