Power outages in Howell County, MO

We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Howell County yet. Howell-Oregon Elec Coop, Inc, City of Mountain View - (MO) and City of West Plains - (MO) serve this county.

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Howell-Oregon Elec Coop, Incno live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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City of Mountain View - (MO)no live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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City of West Plains - (MO)no live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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City of Willow Springs - (MO)no live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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County outline

Outage history in Howell County

2014–2025 record

Howell County averaged 23.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Missouri counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 28. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 5.6 days, starting March 15, 2025.

The largest on record began January 25, 2023, with 7,032 customers out at once.

23.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt 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
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
5.6 dayslongest on record (March 2025)
7,032most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
January 25, 20237,0323.4 days240,069
March 15, 20254,5345.6 days302,656
May 4, 20203,4224.5 hours12,467
October 1, 20252,1093 hours5,800
February 1, 20251,4784.5 hours1,823

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom 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.