Power outages in Thomson, IL
Live outages for Thomson and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Thomson has 1,606 residents.
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ThomsonCarroll County
Outage history in Carroll County, which includes Thomson
2014–2025 recordCarroll County averaged 13.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Illinois counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 12. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 19 hours, starting July 11, 2025.
The largest on record began August 10, 2020, with 4,732 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in July.
13.7significant 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.2 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.1.7 dayslongest on record (January 2020)
4,732most 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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| August 10, 2020 | 4,732 | 34 hours | 74,008 |
| July 29, 2023 | 3,336 | 3.5 hours | 6,645 |
| June 17, 2020 | 3,138 | 1.5 hours | 4,707 |
| July 22, 2017 | 2,980 | 2.5 hours | 2,229 |
| July 16, 2024 | 2,728 | 27 hours | 52,336 |
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.