Power outages in Carter Lake, IA

Live outages for Carter Lake and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Carter Lake has 3,670 residents.

Right now

Outages reported

Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.

9customers without power in Pottawattamie County

A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.

Share of customers unknown

At least one utility here doesn't publish how many customers it serves in this area, so we can't show a percentage.

Updated 7 min ago

We check every utility's outage data every 10 minutes. Each utility updates its own map on its own schedule, usually every 5 to 15 minutes.

MidAmerican Energy doesn't publish a count for Carter Lake itself; see its ZIP codes below.

Outage map

Carter LakePottawattamie CountyMidAmerican Energy publishes totals only, not outage locations.

Some utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.

Outage history in Pottawattamie County, which includes Carter Lake

2014–2025 record

Pottawattamie County averaged 23.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Iowa counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 21. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 16 hours, starting March 19, 2025.

The largest on record began July 10, 2021, with 12,888 customers out at once.

23.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)

At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.

1.5 hourstypical (median) length

Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.

2.8 dayslongest on record (July 2021)

12,888most customers out at once

Largest events (start)	Peak out	Lasted i How long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.	Customer-hours i Customers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
July 10, 2021	12,888	2.8 days	178,935
June 26, 2024	12,184	25 hours	116,177
March 31, 2020	10,553	30 minutes	3,751
July 12, 2023	8,116	8 hours	35,165
December 15, 2021	7,608	28 hours	66,020

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.

If your power is out

Report it to your utility

MidAmerican Energy: outage map and reporting
Stay at least 35 feet from downed power lines and report them right away.

Food safety

0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.

Generators, heat and cold

Run generators outside only, at least 20 feet from windows and doors. Never in a garage.
Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.