Power outages in Birchwood, WI
Live outages for Birchwood and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Birchwood has 412 residents.
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BirchwoodWashburn County
Outage history in Washburn County, which includes Birchwood
2014–2025 recordWashburn County averaged 26.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Wisconsin counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 48. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 21 hours, starting November 26, 2025.
The largest on record began July 27, 2023, with 3,556 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in June.
26.7significant 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.2.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.2.4 dayslongest on record (December 2022)
3,556most 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 27, 2023 | 3,556 | 10 hours | 9,502 |
| December 15, 2022 | 3,482 | 2.4 days | 68,336 |
| May 15, 2025 | 1,846 | 15 hours | 7,080 |
| November 26, 2025 | 1,653 | 21 hours | 16,842 |
| August 12, 2023 | 1,627 | 7.5 hours | 3,873 |
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.