Adams County, Wisconsin Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Adams County, Wisconsin had 7 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Below middle outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.76 times the US outage time per person and 1.38 times the Wisconsin rate. It ranks 18 of 70 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

0.8major outages per year

6 of 9years with a major outage

51 hrslongest major outage

Jul, Aughardest months

July and August made up 60% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Jul 29, 2023, reached 9,123 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 16.2 hours.

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Outage impact by year

Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.

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Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	12,835	5	1
2016	0	0	0
2017	38,034	17	1
2018	87,630	10	1
2019	17,974	15	0
2020	20,692	18	0
2021	25,765	28	1
2022	44,065	20	2
2023	112,029	22	1

When outages hit

Share of this county's customer-hours by month.

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Largest outages on record

Start date	Hours	Peak customers	Customer-hours
Jul 29, 2023	16.2	9,123	94,879
Aug 28, 2018	43.0	4,393	82,282
Jun 3, 2017	51.2	596	19,520
Dec 15, 2022	17.8	2,755	18,337
Jun 15, 2022	23.0	1,615	15,250

Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.

Size your backup battery

Start with what you would keep running. Wattages are typical averages, so check your own appliances.

Phones, Wi-Fi, lights, about 60 WRefrigerator, about 60 WChest freezer, about 40 WGas furnace fan, about 160 W

Hours to cover: 24

1,700 Whof battery capacity, allowing for about 15% conversion loss

If anyone relies on medical equipment, plan that with their provider. Run portable fuel generators outdoors only, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. See the outage checklist.

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How to read this

A major outage lasted at least 8 hours and reached customers equal to at least 1% of county residents.
Records cover outages of at least 200 customers in a county. They do not show what happened on your street.
Utilities that do not report can make a county look better than it is. Data ends in 2023. Read the full method.