Power Outages in Mercer County, ND
No live outage feed is available for Mercer County, ND yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.8 hours.
Mercer County, ND is served by local tracked utilities.
Mercer 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.
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
Mercer County has been under 24 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 19, 2026.
- Extreme Heat Warning ×14
- Heat Advisory ×6
- Dense Fog Advisory ×3
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Mercer County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Mercer County went about 0.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,789 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 630 customers out) · decade average 3.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 26 | 1,789 | 0.8 |
| 2018 | 10 | 613 | 0.5 |
| 2019 | 27 | 1,671 | 3.4 |
| 2020 | 24 | 695 | 0.9 |
| 2021 | 12 | 354 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 14 | 177 | 0.3 |
| 2023 | 9 | 630 | 25.2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 43 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 14 | 342 | 0.8 |
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 3.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Mercer County: FAQ
- How often does Mercer County, ND lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Mercer County, ND logged 14 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Mercer County, ND?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,789 customers without power, beginning September 27, 2017 and lasting about 9d 22h.
- Is there a power outage in Mercer County, ND right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Mercer County, ND. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Mercer County.
58523, 58541, 58545, 58571, 58580
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/38057 and /api/v1/counties/38057/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of North Dakota customers).