Choctaw County, Oklahoma Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Choctaw County, Oklahoma had 8 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Above middle outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.88 times the US outage time per person and 0.62 times the Oklahoma rate. It ranks 40 of 69 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

0.9major outages per year

5 of 9years with a major outage

52 hrslongest major outage

Jun, Julhardest months

June and July made up 30% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Nov 4, 2022, reached 1,833 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 52.0 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated Oklahoma 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	12,934	5	0
2016	35,673	18	2
2017	15,495	11	0
2018	49,577	28	0
2019	34,285	25	1
2020	19,514	14	1
2021	26,371	29	0
2022	38,260	17	2
2023	42,797	29	2

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 4, 2022	52.0	1,833	22,507
Jul 3, 2018	4.5	4,078	18,351
Jun 18, 2023	25.5	1,268	16,656
Apr 27, 2016	9.0	2,266	12,168
May 10, 2016	8.5	2,041	12,032

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.