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

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

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

Updated 4:16 AM CDT.

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Who serves Webster County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include MidAmerican Energy, Midland Power Cooperative, Alliant Energy and Iowa Electric Cooperatives, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Gowrie Municipal Utilities, City of Dayton, City of Stratford 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 — Webster County, IA

Last significant outage: Sep 26, 2026 — peaked at 625 customers, restored in ~2.3 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 11 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 9, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Webster County, IA

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 149 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 2 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~2 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~11,490 customers out in July 2016, restored after about 16 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.

Cities we track in Webster County

Fort Dodge

Communities in Webster County include Fort Dodge, Gowrie, Dayton, Badger, Otho, Lehigh, Duncombe and Callender. 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 Webster County, IA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Webster include MidAmerican Energy, Midland Power Cooperative, Alliant 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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Calhoun County · Humboldt County · Hamilton County · Greene County · Boone County · Wright County · Pocahontas County · Carroll County

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