Power Outages in Prairie County, MT
As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, no outages are reported by Montana-Dakota Utilities Co in Prairie County, MT. There is no live feed for McCone Electric Coop Inc, Tongue River Electric Coop Inc and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 8.1 hours.
Prairie County, MT is served by 4 tracked utilities.
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- https://massoutage.com/montana/prairie-county
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- October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Prairie County, MT", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/montana/prairie-county
No active outages are reported by Montana-Dakota Utilities Co in Prairie County.
No live feed for McCone Electric Coop Inc, Tongue River Electric Coop Inc and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~901 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: McCone Electric Coop Inc, Tongue River Electric Coop Inc, WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana-Dakota Utilities Co | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| McCone Electric Coop Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tongue River Electric Coop Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co reportsevery 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 Prairie 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 (2)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59349 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 59326 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
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 Prairie County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Prairie County right now.
Prairie County has been under 5 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flood Watch on September 20, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×3
- Flood Advisory ×1
- High Wind Warning ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Prairie County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Prairie County went about 8.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 477 customers.
The US EIA reports Montana utilities averaged 4.8 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 8.1 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 468 customers out) · decade average 3.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 10 | 123 | 1.3 |
| 2018 | 5 | 114 | 0.2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 450 | 3.0 |
| 2020 | 5 | 449 | 0.3 |
| 2021 | 11 | 451 | 1.1 |
| 2022 | 3 | 458 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | 9 | 357 | 2.3 |
| 2024 | 18 | 468 | 8.9 |
| 2025 | 9 | 477 | 8.1 |
Cost of power in Prairie County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Prairie 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.
- Montana-Dakota Utilities Co12.3¢19,626 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 winter weather exposure · 3.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Prairie County: FAQ
- How often does Prairie County, MT lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Prairie County, MT logged 9 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 8.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Prairie County, MT?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 477 customers without power, beginning July 20, 2025 and lasting about 1d 1h.
- Is there a power outage in Prairie County, MT right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Prairie County, MT. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Prairie County.
59326, 59349
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana-Dakota Utilities Co | 2.4 hrs | Live · county | - |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | - | No live feed | - |
| McCone Electric Coop Inc | - | No live feed | - |
| Tongue River Electric Coop Inc | - | No live feed | - |
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 Montana customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/30079 and /api/v1/counties/30079/history.