Power Outages in Mahnomen County, MN
As of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Mahnomen County, MN across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Clearwater-Polk Elec Coop Inc, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 7.8 hours.
Mahnomen County, MN is served by 3 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/minnesota/mahnomen-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Mahnomen County, MN", live data as of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC. https://massoutage.com/minnesota/mahnomen-county
Not counted: no live feed for Clearwater-Polk Elec Coop Inc.
91%of this county's ~3,691 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Clearwater-Polk Elec Coop Inc. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 1 | 2,259 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Otter Tail Power Co | Live · county | 0 | 1,102 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Clearwater-Polk Elec Coop Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc and Otter Tail Power Co reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Mahnomen Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (5)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56557 | 32 | ≤11 | 25 | ≤11 |
| 56589 | 15 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 56651 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 56566 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 56516 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Mahnomen County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Mahnomen County right now.
Mahnomen County has been under 9 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 2, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×4
- Dense Fog Advisory ×3
- Freeze Warning ×1
- Frost Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Mahnomen County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Mahnomen Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Mahnomen County went about 7.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,887 customers.
The US EIA reports Minnesota utilities averaged 3.0 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 7.8 hrs.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 1,887 customers out) · decade average 1.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | 367 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 363 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 4 | 367 | 0.7 |
| 2023 | 24 | 787 | 0.9 |
| 2024 | 47 | 292 | 0.7 |
| 2025 | 242 | 1,887 | 7.8 |
Cost of power in Mahnomen County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Mahnomen County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Otter Tail Power Co11.3¢50,219 cust
- Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc14.7¢14,001 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
Relatively Low high winds exposure · 1.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Mahnomen County: FAQ
- How often does Mahnomen County, MN lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Mahnomen County, MN logged 242 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 7.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Mahnomen County, MN?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,887 customers without power, beginning October 11, 2025 and lasting about 1d 21h.
- Is there a power outage in Mahnomen County, MN right now?
- Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Mahnomen County, MN?
- Tracked electric providers include Otter Tail Power Co, Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Mahnomen County.
56516, 56557, 56566, 56589, 56651
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otter Tail Power Co | 8.9 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Clearwater-Polk Elec Coop Inc | - | No live feed | - |
| Wild Rice Electric Coop, Inc | - | Live · county | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Minnesota customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/27087 and /api/v1/counties/27087/history. Live data as of .