Power Outages in Wells County, ND
No live outage feed is available for Wells County, ND yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 21.5 hours.
Wells County, ND is served by local tracked utilities.
Wells 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 Wells County right now.
Wells County has been under 29 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 18, 2026.
- Extreme Heat Warning ×14
- Tornado Warning ×7
- Heat Advisory ×5
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Wells County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Wells County went about 21.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,739 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 1,625 customers out) · decade average 9.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 15 | 1,739 | 2.4 |
| 2021 | 4 | 1,072 | 14.2 |
| 2022 | 11 | 1,453 | 6.0 |
| 2023 | 29 | 461 | 6.6 |
| 2024 | 32 | 1,568 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 100 | 1,625 | 21.5 |
Relatively Moderate winter weather exposure · 9.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Wells County: FAQ
- How often does Wells County, ND lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Wells County, ND logged 100 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 21.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Wells County, ND?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,739 customers without power, beginning November 13, 2020 and lasting about 1h.
- Is there a power outage in Wells County, ND right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Wells County, ND. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Wells County.
58341, 58418, 58422, 58423, 58438, 58451, 58486
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/38103 and /api/v1/counties/38103/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of North Dakota customers).