See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Iowa
1,235
customers reported out in Black Hawk County, IA
1 reported outage · county-wide data
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Who serves Black Hawk County?
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include MidAmerican Energy, Alliant Energy and Iowa Electric Cooperatives, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Cedar Falls Utilities also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — Black Hawk County, IA
Last significant outage: Sep 14, 2026 — peaked at 727 customers, restored in ~2.5 hr (weather alert).
Across the 9 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2.5 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 4, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Black Hawk County, IA
Federal outage records (
EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
286 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including
4 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~
1.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~32,746 customers out in September 2016, restored after about 2.5 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2025.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level
records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records,
not events tracked live by this site.
Cities we track in Black Hawk County
Communities in Black Hawk County include Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Evansdale, Hudson, La Porte City, Elk Run Heights, Dunkerton and Gilbertville. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in Black Hawk County, IA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Black Hawk include MidAmerican Energy, Cedar Falls Utilities, Alliant Energy and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
