Power outages in Balsam Lake, WI
Live outages for Balsam Lake and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Balsam Lake has 945 residents.
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Balsam LakePolk County
Outage history in Polk County, which includes Balsam Lake
2014–2025 recordPolk County averaged 22.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Wisconsin counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 22. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 4 hours, starting November 26, 2025.
The largest on record began July 12, 2017, with 10,357 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in July.
22.3significant 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.6.1 dayslongest on record (July 2019)
10,357most 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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| July 12, 2017 | 10,357 | 14 hours | 41,597 |
| July 19, 2019 | 9,152 | 6.1 days | 393,521 |
| June 30, 2019 | 6,481 | 45 minutes | 2,670 |
| July 28, 2019 | 6,403 | 4 hours | 17,891 |
| August 5, 2019 | 6,371 | 7 hours | 3,496 |
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.