When will the power be back in Humboldt County, IA?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Humboldt County, IA right now.

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Elsewhere in Iowa: 163 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 4:02 AM CDT.

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Who serves Humboldt County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include MidAmerican Energy, Midland Power Cooperative and Iowa Electric Cooperatives, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Livermore and City of Renwick also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Humboldt County, IA

Last significant outage: Aug 18, 2026 — peaked at 685 customers, restored in ~1 hr (no severe weather).

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 18, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Humboldt County, IA

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 67 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~1.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in spring.

That is shorter than the Iowa norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2 hr.

Largest on record: ~5,243 customers out in March 2016, restored after about 8 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2018.

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.

Communities covered

Communities in Humboldt County include Dakota City, Gilmore City, Livermore, Bode, Renwick, Thor, Rutland and Bradgate. 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 Humboldt County, IA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Humboldt include MidAmerican Energy, Midland Power Cooperative, Iowa Electric Cooperatives 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.

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