Power Outages in Sierra County, NM
No live outage feed is available for Sierra County, NM yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.2 hours.
Sierra County, NM is served by local tracked utilities.
Sierra 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 Sierra County right now.
Sierra County has been under 87 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on August 28, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×35
- Heat Advisory ×17
- Flash Flood Warning ×12
- Flood Advisory ×9
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×6
- Flood Watch ×5
Hardest-hit cities in Sierra County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Sierra County went about 0.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 274 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 76 customers out) · decade average 0.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 19 | 172 | 0.1 |
| 2016 | 12 | 34 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 14 | 193 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | 12 | 48 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 19 | 85 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 13 | 274 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | 13 | 28 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 18 | 33 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 13 | 20 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 14 | 38 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | 31 | 76 | 0.2 |
Relatively Low wildfire exposure · 0.1 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 Sierra County: FAQ
- How often does Sierra County, NM lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Sierra County, NM logged 31 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Sierra County, NM?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 274 customers without power, beginning December 17, 2020 and lasting about 2h.
- Is there a power outage in Sierra County, NM right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Sierra County, NM. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Sierra County.
87901, 87930, 87931, 87933, 87935, 87939, 87942, 87943, 88042
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/35051 and /api/v1/counties/35051/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of New Mexico customers).