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

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

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Elsewhere in Iowa: 6 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 10:31 PM CDT.

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Who serves Kossuth County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include MidAmerican Energy, Alliant Energy, Midland Power Cooperative and Iowa Electric Cooperatives, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Federated Rural Electric Association, City of Algona, Bancroft Municipal Utilities and 2 others 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 — Kossuth County, IA

No significant outages recorded here since we began tracking this county — smaller flickers (under ~200 customers at peak) aren't archived.

Longer-term outage history — Kossuth County, IA

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 80 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~1.9 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~1,586 customers out in March 2025, restored after about 22.5 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2016.

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 Kossuth County include Algona, Bancroft, Swea City, Titonka, Whittemore, Burt, Wesley and Lakota. 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 Kossuth County, IA?

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