Power Outages in Nelson County, ND
No live outage feed is available for Nelson County, ND yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.4 hours.
Nelson County, ND is served by local tracked utilities.
Nelson 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 Nelson County right now.
Nelson County has been under 18 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on July 17, 2026.
- Extreme Heat Warning ×9
- Heat Advisory ×6
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×2
- Extreme Heat Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Nelson County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Nelson County went about 2.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,121 customers.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 511 customers out) · decade average 3.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 9 | 1,121 | 1.7 |
| 2021 | 4 | 533 | 0.3 |
| 2022 | 11 | 511 | 11.0 |
| 2023 | 19 | 343 | 1.0 |
| 2024 | 33 | 663 | 3.1 |
| 2025 | 55 | 226 | 2.4 |
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 3.3 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 Nelson County: FAQ
- How often does Nelson County, ND lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Nelson County, ND logged 55 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Nelson County, ND?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,121 customers without power, beginning July 25, 2020 and lasting about 3h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Nelson County, ND right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Nelson County, ND. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Nelson County.
58212, 58224, 58254, 58259, 58272, 58344, 58361, 58380
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/38063 and /api/v1/counties/38063/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of North Dakota customers).