Custer County, Oklahoma Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Custer County, Oklahoma had 20 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 2.38 times the US outage time per person and 1.67 times the Oklahoma rate. It ranks 6 of 69 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

2.2major outages per year

9 of 9years with a major outage

82 hrslongest major outage

Oct, Dechardest months

October and December made up 54% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Oct 26, 2020, reached 15,245 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 81.8 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	384,530	14	3
2016	99,614	39	2
2017	154,236	42	3
2018	136,345	48	1
2019	73,534	40	3
2020	427,575	41	2
2021	49,340	41	1
2022	55,306	40	1
2023	100,778	46	4

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
Oct 26, 2020	81.8	15,245	390,250
Dec 27, 2015	72.8	11,377	335,866
Mar 29, 2017	13.0	10,211	77,645
Jul 9, 2023	22.2	5,527	47,549
Feb 21, 2018	3.2	10,229	31,570

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.