Kiowa County, Oklahoma Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Kiowa County, Oklahoma had 11 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 3.95 times the US outage time per person and 2.77 times the Oklahoma rate. It ranks 2 of 69 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

1.2major outages per year

5 of 9years with a major outage

82 hrslongest major outage

Dec, Octhardest months

December and October made up 68% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Dec 27, 2015, reached 5,697 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 77.2 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	314,522	29	2
2016	15,154	12	1
2017	13,996	16	0
2018	24,589	30	1
2019	15,935	23	0
2020	252,858	27	6
2021	13,813	15	0
2022	15,173	18	0
2023	52,130	22	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
Dec 27, 2015	77.2	5,697	260,740
Oct 26, 2020	82.5	4,301	147,981
Oct 30, 2020	71.2	1,093	55,920
Nov 28, 2015	47.8	1,121	25,175
Feb 27, 2023	17.2	1,678	15,971

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.