Power Outages in Butte County, SD
No live outage feed is available for Butte County, SD yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.2 hours.
Butte County, SD is served by local tracked utilities.
Butte 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
Butte County has been under 31 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×17
- Red Flag Warning ×11
- Special Weather Statement ×2
- Fire Weather Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Butte County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Butte County went about 2.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,573 customers.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 1,177 customers out) · decade average 2.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 42 | 2,382 | 0.7 |
| 2017 | 42 | 604 | 0.5 |
| 2018 | 76 | 1,696 | 1.2 |
| 2019 | 84 | 155 | 0.9 |
| 2020 | 97 | 178 | 2.3 |
| 2021 | 109 | 395 | 4.7 |
| 2022 | 106 | 1,177 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 113 | 1,402 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 103 | 585 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 107 | 3,573 | 2.2 |
Relatively Moderate winter weather exposure · 2.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Butte County: FAQ
- How often does Butte County, SD lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Butte County, SD logged 107 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Butte County, SD?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,573 customers without power, beginning November 13, 2025 and lasting about 10h 45m.
- Is there a power outage in Butte County, SD right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Butte County, SD. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Butte County.
57717, 57760, 57762, 57788
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/46019 and /api/v1/counties/46019/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of South Dakota customers).