Power Outages in Jefferson County, MT
No live outage feed is available for Jefferson County, MT yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 20.9 hours.
Jefferson County, MT is served by local tracked utilities.
Jefferson 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.
- Red Flag WarningSEVERE
Jefferson County has been under 132 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Red Flag Warning on September 2, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×42
- Red Flag Warning ×22
- Heat Advisory ×20
- Fire Weather Watch ×16
- Air Quality Alert ×9
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×9
Hardest-hit cities in Jefferson County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Jefferson County went about 20.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 6,022 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 6,022 customers out) · decade average 6.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 180 | 557 | 3.6 |
| 2021 | 205 | 1,694 | 4.8 |
| 2022 | 179 | 1,442 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 183 | 263 | 1.6 |
| 2024 | 222 | 2,681 | 8.8 |
| 2025 | 183 | 6,022 | 20.9 |
Relatively Moderate wildfire exposure · 6.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Jefferson County: FAQ
- How often does Jefferson County, MT lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Jefferson County, MT logged 183 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 20.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Jefferson County, MT?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 6,022 customers without power, beginning December 17, 2025 and lasting about 4d 6h.
- Is there a power outage in Jefferson County, MT right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Jefferson County, MT. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Jefferson County.
59631, 59632, 59634, 59638, 59721, 59759
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/30043 and /api/v1/counties/30043/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Montana customers).