Gasconade County, Missouri Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Gasconade County, Missouri had 5 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Lower outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.36 times the US outage time per person and 0.70 times the Missouri rate. It ranks 64 of 108 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

0.6major outages per year

4 of 9years with a major outage

16 hrslongest major outage

May, Julhardest months

May and July made up 46% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began May 30, 2015, reached 1,376 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 15.8 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated Missouri 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	23,294	4	1
2016	3,655	6	0
2017	10,760	8	1
2018	7,668	14	0
2019	27,453	21	2
2020	6,784	14	0
2021	9,397	12	0
2022	5,697	12	0
2023	22,696	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
May 30, 2015	15.8	1,376	21,657
May 19, 2017	16.0	722	8,024
Jun 4, 2019	3.2	1,644	5,336
Jul 13, 2023	7.8	1,072	4,546
Apr 15, 2023	8.8	655	4,069

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.