Power Outages in Sandoval County, NM
No live outage feed is available for Sandoval County, NM yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.9 hours.
Sandoval County, NM is served by local tracked utilities.
Sandoval 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 Sandoval County right now.
Sandoval County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Flood Watch on July 18, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×6
- Flood Watch ×3
- Flood Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Sandoval County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Rio Ranchono active outage
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Sandoval County went about 2.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 23,233 customers.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 11,866 customers out) · decade average 3.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 313 | 3,408 | 0.9 |
| 2016 | 436 | 23,233 | 3.0 |
| 2017 | 403 | 14,198 | 2.1 |
| 2018 | 454 | 7,000 | 2.2 |
| 2019 | 546 | 3,577 | 2.7 |
| 2020 | 524 | 6,906 | 3.5 |
| 2021 | 521 | 5,617 | 2.3 |
| 2022 | 442 | 3,304 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 530 | 3,813 | 3.5 |
| 2024 | 529 | 11,866 | 8.0 |
| 2025 | 485 | 5,981 | 2.9 |
Relatively Moderate wildfire exposure · 3.2 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 Sandoval County: FAQ
- How often does Sandoval County, NM lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Sandoval County, NM logged 485 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Sandoval County, NM?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 23,233 customers without power, beginning August 8, 2016 and lasting about 9h 45m.
- Is there a power outage in Sandoval County, NM right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Sandoval County, NM. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Rio Rancho. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Sandoval County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Sandoval County.
87001, 87004, 87013, 87018, 87024, 87025, 87027, 87041, 87043, 87044, 87047, 87048, 87052, 87053, 87072, 87083, 87124, 87144, 87544
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/35043 and /api/v1/counties/35043/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of New Mexico customers).