Power Outages in Pondera County, MT
No live outage feed is available for Pondera County, MT yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 11.3 hours.
Pondera County, MT is served by local tracked utilities.
Pondera 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 Pondera County right now.
Pondera County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 17, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×7
- Special Weather Statement ×7
Hardest-hit cities in Pondera County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Pondera County went about 11.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 4,355 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 2,497 customers out) · decade average 6.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 18 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 116 | 2,497 | 14.3 |
| 2021 | 108 | 1,186 | 5.8 |
| 2022 | 111 | 815 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 84 | 546 | 1.9 |
| 2024 | 138 | 1,739 | 8.1 |
| 2025 | 103 | 4,355 | 11.3 |
Relatively Moderate winter weather exposure · 6.6 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 Pondera County: FAQ
- How often does Pondera County, MT lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Pondera County, MT logged 103 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 11.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Pondera County, MT?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 4,355 customers without power, beginning December 17, 2025 and lasting about 2d 7h.
- Is there a power outage in Pondera County, MT right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Pondera County, MT. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Pondera County.
59416, 59425, 59432, 59448, 59486
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/30073 and /api/v1/counties/30073/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Montana customers).