Power outages in Forest City, IA
Live outages for Forest City and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Forest City has 4,143 residents.
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Forest CityWinnebago County
Outage history in Winnebago County, which includes Forest City
2014–2025 recordWinnebago County averaged 6 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most Iowa counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 10. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 15 hours, starting March 5, 2025.
The largest on record began December 16, 2021, with 3,317 customers out at once.
6significant 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.2 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.3.1 dayslongest on record (April 2019)
3,317most 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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| December 16, 2021 | 3,317 | 12 hours | 22,679 |
| December 23, 2020 | 2,187 | 23 hours | 16,970 |
| April 11, 2019 | 2,116 | 3.1 days | 92,816 |
| October 16, 2018 | 2,028 | 3.5 hours | 7,098 |
| May 30, 2022 | 1,768 | 2 hours | 1,748 |
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.