County annual report · FIPS 46047
2018 Fall River County, SD Power Outage Report
In 2018, customers in Fall River County, SD went without power for an average of 0.7 hours, a total of 2,968 customer-hours (South Dakota average 1.1 hours). That ranks 11th worst of 30 South Dakota counties and 2422nd of 2,798 nationally.
Compared with SD, the US and 2017
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of South Dakota customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Fall River County, 2018
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 13, 2018 16:15 | March 13, 2018 17:45 | 1h 30m | 351 | 320 |
| 2 | April 13, 2018 15:45 | April 13, 2018 19:30 | 3h 45m | 286 | 523 |
| 3 | January 21, 2018 18:00 | January 21, 2018 18:45 | 45m | 280 | 199 |
| 4 | August 31, 2018 15:30 | August 31, 2018 16:30 | 1h | 267 | 220 |
| 5 | November 5, 2018 00:00 | November 5, 2018 01:15 | 1h 15m | 130 | 130 |
| 6 | June 6, 2018 03:30 | June 6, 2018 04:45 | 1h 15m | 114 | 143 |
| 7 | April 13, 2018 06:00 | April 13, 2018 07:30 | 1h 30m | 86 | 129 |
| 8 | May 7, 2018 21:45 | May 8, 2018 02:15 | 4h 30m | 86 | 387 |
| 9 | June 5, 2018 16:45 | June 5, 2018 20:30 | 3h 45m | 80 | 257 |
| 10 | January 21, 2018 20:45 | January 22, 2018 00:30 | 3h 45m | 61 | 140 |
Outage episodes by size in 2018: 6 reached 100+ customers, 0 reached 1,000+ customers, 0 reached 10,000+ customers.
Utility reliability filed with the EIA
SAIDI (average outage time per customer) and SAIFI (average interruptions per customer) that utilities serving Fall River County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2018, or their most recent earlier filing. Utility-wide figures, not county-specific.
| Utility | EIA year | SAIDI | SAIFI | SAIDI excl. major events | SAIFI excl. major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills Power, Inc. | 2018 | 3.8 hrs | 1.21 | 3.7 hrs | 1.17 |
| Black Hills Electric Coop, Inc | 2018 | 68 min | 0.92 | 68 min | 0.92 |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | - | - | - | - | - |
| Niobrara Electric Assn, Inc | - | - | - | - | - |
| Black Hills Energy | - | - | - | - | - |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about 46% of South Dakota's customers in 2018; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 4,055 customers (ORNL modeled county customer count), including major storm days. It is comparable across counties but is not the SAIDI a utility files.
- An outage event is a continuous stretch with customers out; counts at 100, 1,000 and 10,000+ use its peak.
- Years loaded: 2015–2025. Fall River County has data for 2016–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Fall River County, SD annual power outage report, 2018, data as of Oct 3, 2026 02:41 UTC, sources: DOE EAGLE-I (https://eagle-i.doe.gov/); EAGLE-I modeled customer counts (MCC) (https://figshare.com/); EIA Form 861 (utility reliability) (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/). https://massoutage.com/reports/2018/south-dakota/fall-river-county