Power Outages in Lincoln County, NM
No live outage feed is available for Lincoln County, NM yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 18.0 hours.
Lincoln County, NM is served by local tracked utilities.
Lincoln 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.
- Flood WatchSEVERE
- Flood WatchSEVERE
Lincoln County has been under 28 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Flood Watch on July 19, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×12
- Flash Flood Warning ×7
- Special Weather Statement ×6
- Local Area Emergency ×2
- Flood Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Lincoln County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Lincoln County went about 18.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 20,995 customers.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 20,995 customers out) · decade average 19.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 137 | 3,197 | 2.4 |
| 2016 | 185 | 7,622 | 3.0 |
| 2017 | 273 | 14,165 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 293 | 6,329 | 3.7 |
| 2019 | 433 | 11,431 | 13.0 |
| 2020 | 420 | 4,980 | 4.6 |
| 2021 | 311 | 3,898 | 4.8 |
| 2022 | 325 | 12,230 | 55.2 |
| 2023 | 361 | 1,848 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 492 | 20,995 | 99.2 |
| 2025 | 512 | 8,373 | 18.0 |
Relatively High wildfire exposure · 19.3 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 Lincoln County: FAQ
- How often does Lincoln County, NM lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Lincoln County, NM logged 512 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 18.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Lincoln County, NM?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 20,995 customers without power, beginning June 17, 2024 and lasting about 19d 1h.
- Is there a power outage in Lincoln County, NM right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Lincoln County, NM. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Lincoln County.
88301, 88312, 88316, 88318, 88323, 88324, 88336, 88338, 88341, 88343, 88345, 88346, 88348, 88351, 88355
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/35027 and /api/v1/counties/35027/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of New Mexico customers).