Power outage history
Boone County Indiana
0.6hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
88th most of 90 in Indiana 91% below the national median
Every day since 2015
Eleven years, one night at a time
Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of Boone's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2018 was the worst well-recorded year, at 1.3 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Boone, hours without power per customer
The record
The biggest outages since 2015
Ranked by customer-hours lost: customers out multiplied by how long they stayed out. Times are local.
| Began | Storm | Peak out | Share | Lasted | 90% restored | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2018 | No storm report | 4,467 | 11% | 5.0 h | 5.0 h | 16k |
| May 16, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 3,523 | 9% | 8.5 h | 7.0 h | 15k |
| Jul 11, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 4,394 | 11% | 7.0 h | 5.2 h | 14k |
| Feb 28, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 4,769 | 12% | 4.0 h | 4.0 h | 12k |
| Apr 8, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 1,878 | 5% | 7.0 h | – | 12k |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Hurricane Helene | 1,500 | 4% | 6.5 h | – | 8.3k |
| Jun 19, 2018 | No storm report | 1,762 | 4% | 4.8 h | – | 7.6k |
| Feb 28, 2016 | No storm report | 1,001 | 2% | 7.2 h | – | 7.3k |
| Sep 12, 2016 | No storm report | 3,909 | 10% | 2.0 h | 1.8 h | 7.1k |
| Aug 1, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 890 | 2% | 9.2 h | – | 5.8k |
| Jun 10, 2018 | No storm report | 1,776 | 4% | 2.8 h | – | 4.9k |
| Apr 2, 2025 | No storm report | 1,397 | 3% | 3.5 h | – | 4.8k |
| Aug 17, 2018 | No storm report | 1,777 | 4% | 2.5 h | – | 4.4k |
| Aug 21, 2016 | No storm report | 1,017 | 3% | 6.5 h | – | 4.4k |
| Jan 10, 2016 | No storm report | 1,000 | 2% | 4.8 h | – | 4.2k |
| May 25, 2016 | No storm report | 1,002 | 2% | 6.0 h | – | 4.2k |
| Jun 26, 2025 | No storm report | 1,571 | 4% | 2.2 h | – | 3.5k |
| Jun 22, 2015 | No storm report | 982 | 2% | 5.0 h | – | 3.2k |
| Jul 4, 2018 | No storm report | 1,030 | 3% | 4.0 h | – | 3.1k |
| Apr 15, 2020 | No storm report | 1,503 | 4% | 2.0 h | – | 3.0k |
| May 20, 2017 | No storm report | 1,037 | 3% | 2.5 h | – | 2.6k |
| Jul 16, 2024 | No storm report | 1,110 | 3% | 2.2 h | – | 2.5k |
| Mar 31, 2022 | No storm report | 665 | 2% | 3.2 h | – | 2.2k |
| Oct 18, 2024 | No storm report | 1,299 | 3% | 1.5 h | – | 1.9k |
| Mar 30, 2019 | No storm report | 570 | 1% | 3.8 h | – | 1.9k |
| Jun 21, 2015 | Tropical Storm Bill | 629 | 2% | 3.5 h | – | 1.8k |
| Jan 2, 2015 | No storm report | 819 | 2% | 2.5 h | – | 1.6k |
| Dec 11, 2021 | No storm report | 1,091 | 3% | 1.5 h | – | 1.6k |
| Feb 2, 2016 | No storm report | 1,930 | 5% | 1.0 h | – | 1.6k |
| Jun 18, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 604 | 1% | 2.5 h | – | 1.5k |
After the peak
How fast the lights come back
Each line is one major outage, from its peak. The amber line is the typical path.
When it happens
The outage clock
Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.
What was happening
Weather behind the outages
Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Boone from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- No storm on record 62%
- Thunderstorms 31%
- Tropical storm 7.5%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Boone
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Indiana territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Energy Indiana, LLC | Investor Owned | 267 | 108 | 1.26 | 15.0 | 809k |
| AES Indiana | Investor Owned | 295 | 76 | 1.22 | 14.7 | 470k |
| Tipmont Rural Elec Member Corp | Cooperative | 216 | 75 | 1.80 | 16.4 | 30k |
| Boone County Rural EMC | Cooperative | 147 | 147 | 1.54 | 15.8 | 19k |
| City of Thorntown | IN | – | – | – | – | 8.9k |
| City of Lebanon | Municipal | 19 | – | 0.11 | 11.8 | 8.3k |
| City of Frankfort | Municipal | – | – | – | 11.3 | 7.9k |
| Town of Jamestown | IN | – | – | – | – | 6.0k |
| Town of Advance | IN | – | – | – | – | 3.7k |
EIA Form 861, latest year each utility reported. Outage minutes are SAIDI, the yearly minutes the average customer goes without power; outages a year are SAIFI.
Next door
Neighbouring counties
- Marion 4.1 h
- Hendricks 2.7 h
- Hamilton 2.2 h
- Montgomery 1.8 h
- Clinton 1.4 h
- Boone (this county) 0.6 h
About these numbers
Notes
Outages come from the EAGLE-I record of utility outage maps collected every 15 minutes by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hours without power are customer-hours divided by the county's 40,708 electricity customers. Averages use well-covered years from 2018. Outages shorter than 15 minutes, and utilities that publish no outage map, are not in the record, so these figures understate the total. How every number is made →