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

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Plymouth 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 Plymouth County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include MidAmerican Energy, North West Rural Electric Cooperative and Iowa Electric Cooperatives, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Remsen and City of Akron 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 — Plymouth County, IA

Last significant outage: Sep 24, 2026 — peaked at 219 customers, restored in ~3.2 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 2 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 4.4 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 25, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Plymouth County, IA

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 95 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 summer.

Largest on record: ~2,232 customers out in June 2016, restored after about 25.8 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.

Cities we track in Plymouth County

Le Mars

Communities in Plymouth County include Le Mars, Remsen, Akron, Kingsley, Hinton, Merrill, Brunsville and Westfield. 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 Plymouth County, IA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Plymouth include MidAmerican Energy, North West Rural Electric 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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