When will the power be back in O'Brien County, IA?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in O'Brien 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 O'Brien County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include MidAmerican Energy, North West Rural Electric Cooperative and Alliant Energy, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Primghar, City of Hartley, City of Sanborn and 1 other 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 — O'Brien County, IA

Last significant outage: Sep 2, 2026 — peaked at 203 customers, restored in ~3.3 hr (wind/storm).

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Sep 2, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — O'Brien County, IA

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 57 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~1.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in spring.

Largest on record: ~3,169 customers out in July 2022, restored after about 2.8 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2022.

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 O'Brien County include Sheldon, Hartley, Sanborn, Paullina, Primghar, Sutherland, Calumet and Archer. 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 O'Brien County, IA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of O'Brien include MidAmerican Energy, North West Rural Electric Cooperative, City of Primghar 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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