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

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

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Alliant Energy and Iowa Electric Cooperatives, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Consumers Energy, City of Traer and City of Dysart 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 — Tama County, IA

Last significant outage: Sep 29, 2026 — peaked at 576 customers, restored in ~1.5 hr (weather alert).

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Sep 29, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Tama County, IA

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 111 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~2.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~6,848 customers out in August 2020, restored after about 10.4 days. The busiest year on record here was 2024.

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 Tama County include Toledo, Traer, Dysart, Gladbrook, Garwin, Clutier, Chelsea and Montour. 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 Tama County, IA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Tama include Alliant Energy, Iowa Electric Cooperatives, Consumers 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.

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