Power Outages in Wadena County, MN
No live outage feed is available for Wadena County, MN yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.0 hours.
Wadena County, MN is served by local tracked utilities.
Wadena 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.
No active NWS alerts for Wadena County right now.
Wadena County has been under 18 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Air Quality Alert on July 17, 2026.
- Extreme Heat Warning ×10
- Air Quality Alert ×4
- Heat Advisory ×4
Hardest-hit cities in Wadena County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Wadena County went about 1.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,087 customers.
Worst year here was 2017 (peak 1,294 customers out) · decade average 1.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 130 | 1,137 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 101 | 1,415 | 2.5 |
| 2017 | 122 | 1,294 | 3.5 |
| 2018 | 165 | 465 | 0.4 |
| 2019 | 49 | 883 | 0.4 |
| 2020 | 38 | 715 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 41 | 1,315 | 0.8 |
| 2022 | 56 | 2,087 | 2.4 |
| 2023 | 57 | 379 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 66 | 911 | 0.4 |
| 2025 | 80 | 2,062 | 1.0 |
Relatively Moderate winter weather exposure · 1.2 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 Wadena County: FAQ
- How often does Wadena County, MN lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Wadena County, MN logged 80 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Wadena County, MN?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,087 customers without power, beginning May 13, 2022 and lasting about 2d.
- Is there a power outage in Wadena County, MN right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Wadena County, MN. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Wadena County.
56464, 56477, 56481, 56482
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/27159 and /api/v1/counties/27159/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Minnesota customers).