Wapello County, Iowa Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Wapello County, Iowa had 5 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Lower outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.31 times the US outage time per person and 0.36 times the Iowa rate. It ranks 55 of 97 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

0.6major outages per year

5 of 9years with a major outage

20 hrslongest major outage

Jun, Aughardest months

June and August made up 42% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Nov 9, 2023, reached 1,066 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 19.5 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	27,658	19	1
2016	13,568	17	0
2017	11,293	20	0
2018	35,907	24	1
2019	36,902	30	1
2020	33,072	24	0
2021	24,631	9	1
2022	12,731	17	0
2023	45,574	21	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
Nov 9, 2023	19.5	1,066	20,757
Dec 16, 2021	17.0	4,365	17,648
Jun 28, 2018	7.8	5,500	16,301
Jul 21, 2019	11.8	6,713	13,014
Jun 29, 2023	3.8	5,742	12,087

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.