Power outages in Orleans, IA
Live outages for Orleans and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Orleans has 493 residents.
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OrleansDickinson County
Outage history in Dickinson County, which includes Orleans
2014–2025 recordDickinson County averaged 15.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Iowa counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 17. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 7 hours, starting December 21, 2025.
The largest on record began March 9, 2019, with 9,861 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in June.
15.7significant 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.19 hourslongest on record (April 2019)
9,861most 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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| March 9, 2019 | 9,861 | 2 hours | 18,858 |
| April 23, 2022 | 8,530 | 2.5 hours | 13,893 |
| May 11, 2022 | 7,916 | 5.5 hours | 6,898 |
| April 14, 2018 | 4,275 | 9 hours | 7,408 |
| August 21, 2017 | 4,160 | 45 minutes | 2,088 |
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.