Power Outages in Steele County, ND
No live outage feed is available for Steele County, ND yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 28.3 hours.
Steele County, ND is served by local tracked utilities.
Steele 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 Steele County right now.
Steele County has been under 22 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on July 17, 2026.
- Extreme Heat Warning ×10
- Heat Advisory ×9
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×2
- Extreme Heat Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Steele County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Steele County went about 28.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 429 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 165 customers out) · decade average 5.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 5 | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 6 | 429 | 4.9 |
| 2021 | 2 | 280 | 0.4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 241 | 1.5 |
| 2023 | 15 | 190 | 20.0 |
| 2024 | 11 | 252 | 1.1 |
| 2025 | 28 | 165 | 28.3 |
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 5.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Steele County: FAQ
- How often does Steele County, ND lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Steele County, ND logged 28 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 28.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Steele County, ND?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 429 customers without power, beginning July 25, 2020 and lasting about 2h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Steele County, ND right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Steele County, ND. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Steele County.
58046, 58056, 58230, 58240, 58274, 58277
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/38091 and /api/v1/counties/38091/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of North Dakota customers).