When will the power be back in Vilas County, WI?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Vilas County, WI right now.

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Elsewhere in Wisconsin: 132 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 4:16 AM CDT.

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Who serves Vilas County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Wisconsin Public Service, Xcel Energy, Wisconsin Electric Cooperatives ↗, Price Electric Cooperative and 1 more, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Eagle River also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider. For the parent company's combined picture, see Xcel Energy outages across every state it serves.

Outage history — Vilas County, WI

⚡ Power here was restored about 35 hours ago — the outage peaked at 217 customers.

Last significant outage: Oct 1, 2026 — peaked at 217 customers, restored in ~30.5 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 10 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 4 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 27, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Vilas County, WI

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 512 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~3.4 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

That is longer than the Wisconsin norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2.5 hr.

Largest on record: ~19,123 customers out in July 2021, restored after about 2.9 days.

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 Vilas County include Eagle River, Arbor Vitae, Boulder Junction, Cloverland, Conover, Lac du Flambeau, Land O'Lakes and Lincoln. 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 Vilas County, WI?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Vilas include Wisconsin Public Service, Xcel Energy, Wisconsin 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.

Nearby counties & areas

Oneida County · Iron County · Forest County · Price County · Lincoln County · Florence County · Ashland County · Langlade County

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