Power Outages in Barnes County, ND
No live outage feed is available for Barnes County, ND yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 15.7 hours.
Barnes County, ND is served by local tracked utilities.
Barnes 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 Barnes County right now.
Barnes County has been under 20 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 17, 2026.
- Extreme Heat Warning ×10
- Heat Advisory ×9
- Extreme Heat Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Barnes County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Barnes County went about 15.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,952 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 2,040 customers out) · decade average 4.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 198 | 383 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | 229 | 880 | 2.7 |
| 2017 | 174 | 970 | 0.4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 157 | 296 | 0.4 |
| 2020 | 218 | 611 | 1.4 |
| 2021 | 172 | 1,483 | 0.9 |
| 2022 | 171 | 537 | 1.5 |
| 2023 | 185 | 2,040 | 22.4 |
| 2024 | 253 | 727 | 6.3 |
| 2025 | 219 | 2,952 | 15.7 |
Relatively High winter weather exposure · 4.7 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 Barnes County: FAQ
- How often does Barnes County, ND lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Barnes County, ND logged 219 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 15.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Barnes County, ND?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,952 customers without power, beginning June 21, 2025 and lasting about 5d 17h.
- Is there a power outage in Barnes County, ND right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Barnes County, ND. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Barnes County.
58049, 58062, 58063, 58065, 58072, 58429, 58461, 58479, 58480, 58481, 58492
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/38003 and /api/v1/counties/38003/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of North Dakota customers).