Power Outages in Benson County, ND
No live outage feed is available for Benson County, ND yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.1 hours.
Benson County, ND is served by local tracked utilities.
Benson 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 Benson County right now.
Benson County has been under 26 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on July 17, 2026.
- Extreme Heat Warning ×9
- Tornado Warning ×7
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×4
- Heat Advisory ×3
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×2
- Extreme Heat Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Benson County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Benson County went about 2.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 531 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 314 customers out) · decade average 1.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 13 | 314 | 2.9 |
| 2021 | 6 | 305 | 0.3 |
| 2022 | 7 | 288 | 1.5 |
| 2023 | 22 | 430 | 0.6 |
| 2024 | 29 | 531 | 2.5 |
| 2025 | 54 | 305 | 2.1 |
Relatively High winter weather exposure · 1.6 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 Benson County: FAQ
- How often does Benson County, ND lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Benson County, ND logged 54 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Benson County, ND?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 531 customers without power, beginning October 5, 2024 and lasting about 6h.
- Is there a power outage in Benson County, ND right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Benson County, ND. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Benson County.
58332, 58335, 58343, 58346, 58348, 58351, 58357, 58370, 58379, 58386
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/38005 and /api/v1/counties/38005/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of North Dakota customers).