Power outages in Elgin, IA
Live outages for Elgin and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Elgin has 670 residents.
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ElginFayette County
Outage history in Fayette County, which includes Elgin
2014–2025 recordFayette County averaged 15.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Iowa counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 12. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 7 hours, starting July 28, 2025.
The largest on record began June 30, 2019, with 5,539 customers out at once.
15.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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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
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.34 hourslongest on record (June 2023)
5,539most customers out at once
| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| June 30, 2019 | 5,539 | 13 hours | 22,481 |
| February 24, 2017 | 3,983 | 1.5 hours | 1,976 |
| February 24, 2017 | 3,415 | 15 minutes | 854 |
| August 24, 2021 | 3,011 | 25 hours | 26,149 |
| July 12, 2016 | 2,816 | 30 minutes | 771 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
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.