Power Outages in Rio Blanco County, CO
No live outage feed is available for Rio Blanco County, CO yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.1 hours.
Rio Blanco County, CO is served by local tracked utilities.
Rio Blanco County's utilities do not report live data to ODIN, so real-time outage counts aren't available here. The historical record below is complete.
- Hydrologic OutlookUNKNOWN
- Hydrologic OutlookUNKNOWN
Rio Blanco County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Hydrologic Outlook on July 18, 2026.
- Extreme Heat Warning ×6
- Flash Flood Warning ×3
- Hydrologic Outlook ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Rio Blanco County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Rio Blanco County went about 0.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 466 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 466 customers out) · decade average 0.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 30 | 56 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 242 | 466 | 1.6 |
| 2021 | 19 | 12 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 27 | 16 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 18 | 14 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 47 | 15 | 0.2 |
| 2025 | 32 | 20 | 0.1 |
Relatively Moderate wildfire exposure · 0.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Rio Blanco County: FAQ
- How often does Rio Blanco County, CO lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Rio Blanco County, CO logged 32 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Rio Blanco County, CO?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 466 customers without power, beginning August 13, 2020 and lasting about 14d 4h.
- Is there a power outage in Rio Blanco County, CO right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Rio Blanco County, CO. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Rio Blanco County.
81641, 81648, 81650
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/08103 and /api/v1/counties/08103/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Colorado customers).