Power outages in Primghar, IA

Live outages for Primghar and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Primghar has 894 residents.

Right now

Outages reported

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

20customers without power in O'Brien 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 Primghar itself; see its ZIP codes below.

Outage map

PrimgharO'Brien 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 O'Brien County, which includes Primghar

2014–2025 record

O'Brien County averaged 8 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most Iowa counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 6. Half were over within 3 hours; the longest lasted 20 hours, starting July 29, 2025.

The largest on record began July 5, 2022, with 3,169 customers out at once.

8significant 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.

2 hourstypical (median) length

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

25 hourslongest on record (September 2017)

3,169most 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 5, 2022	3,169	11 hours	10,091
July 29, 2025	2,415	20 hours	16,945
December 23, 2020	1,608	4.5 hours	1,243
April 13, 2018	1,477	2 hours	1,264
May 7, 2024	1,314	4.5 hours	3,256

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.

Primghar is in

O'Brien County