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ZIP 50842Union County
Outage history in Union County, which includes 50842
2014–2025 recordUnion County averaged 14.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Iowa counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 11. Half were over within 45 minutes; the longest lasted 12 hours, starting March 5, 2025.
The largest on record began May 24, 2019, with 5,453 customers out at once.
14.7significant 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.1 hourtypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.20 hourslongest on record (July 2021)
5,453most 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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| May 24, 2019 | 5,453 | 1 hour | 5,358 |
| June 8, 2022 | 3,046 | 8 hours | 6,615 |
| October 22, 2024 | 1,911 | 7 hours | 1,300 |
| May 28, 2018 | 1,897 | 4 hours | 2,138 |
| August 23, 2018 | 1,895 | 30 minutes | 948 |
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.
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- Cromwell 100% of the ZIP
- Union County
- Iowa