Power outage history
Martin County Indiana
1.1hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
85th most of 90 in Indiana 83% 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 Martin's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2025 was the worst well-recorded year, at 2.9 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Martin, 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 8, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 2,168 | 43% | 45 h | 18 h | 50k |
| Mar 15, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 1,364 | 27% | 12 h | 2.5 h | 8.6k |
| Jun 20, 2015 | Tropical Storm Bill | 1,652 | 33% | 4.0 h | 4.0 h | 6.6k |
| Sep 9, 2018 | No storm report | 1,688 | 33% | 3.2 h | 2.5 h | 4.9k |
| May 30, 2015 | Thunderstorms | 1,651 | 33% | 3.5 h | 2.0 h | 3.7k |
| Apr 20, 2017 | No storm report | 1,695 | 34% | 1.8 h | 1.2 h | 2.5k |
| Jul 28, 2025 | No storm report | 964 | 19% | 3.0 h | 3.0 h | 2.1k |
| Jul 25, 2018 | No storm report | 955 | 19% | 2.5 h | 2.2 h | 2.0k |
| Apr 2, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 464 | 9% | 4.5 h | 3.5 h | 1.8k |
| Jan 19, 2023 | No storm report | 452 | 9% | 3.5 h | 3.0 h | 1.5k |
| Aug 1, 2016 | No storm report | 483 | 10% | 2.8 h | 2.8 h | 1.3k |
| Jan 4, 2015 | No storm report | 1,636 | 32% | 48 min | 48 min | 1.2k |
| Sep 19, 2019 | No storm report | 479 | 10% | 2.5 h | 2.5 h | 1.2k |
| Aug 20, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 479 | 10% | 2.8 h | 1.0 h | 1.1k |
| Feb 7, 2019 | No storm report | 185 | 4% | 7.5 h | – | 1.1k |
| Jul 7, 2015 | No storm report | 757 | 15% | 2.5 h | 9.5 h | 1.0k |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 177 | 4% | 7.0 h | – | 992 |
| Jun 26, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 470 | 9% | 2.5 h | 1.8 h | 921 |
| Jun 23, 2018 | No storm report | 446 | 9% | 2.5 h | 2.2 h | 874 |
| Apr 29, 2019 | No storm report | 543 | 11% | 2.2 h | 1.5 h | 780 |
| Jan 24, 2017 | No storm report | 478 | 9% | 1.5 h | 3.8 h | 717 |
| Mar 20, 2025 | No storm report | 183 | 4% | 3.5 h | – | 640 |
| Dec 27, 2020 | No storm report | 116 | 2% | 6.0 h | – | 620 |
| Apr 15, 2025 | No storm report | 456 | 9% | 1.2 h | 48 min | 569 |
| Nov 18, 2024 | No storm report | 120 | 2% | 4.2 h | – | 510 |
| Feb 8, 2017 | No storm report | 947 | 19% | 48 min | 12 min | 498 |
| Jun 30, 2019 | No storm report | 100 | 2% | 6.2 h | – | 496 |
| May 15, 2018 | No storm report | 332 | 7% | 1.5 h | 48 min | 485 |
| Jul 9, 2024 | Hurricane Beryl | 454 | 9% | 1.0 h | 1.0 h | 454 |
| Dec 11, 2021 | No storm report | 114 | 2% | 3.5 h | – | 399 |
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 Martin from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Thunderstorms 75%
- No storm on record 25%
- Tropical storm 0.5%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Martin
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 |
| Orange County Rural E M C | IN | – | – | – | 13.8 | 100k |
| Utilities Dist-Western IN REMC | Cooperative | 763 | 363 | 3.43 | 15.7 | 19k |
| Dubois Rural Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 197 | 78 | 1.29 | 13.9 | 13k |
| Daviess Martin County R E M C | Cooperative | 620 | 187 | 1.76 | 14.9 | 8.0k |
| Town of Crane | IN | – | – | – | – | 715 |
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
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 5,044 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 →