Power Outages in Custer County, SD
No live outage feed is available for Custer County, SD yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 66.0 hours.
Custer County, SD is served by local tracked utilities.
Custer 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
Custer 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 Custer County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Custer County went about 66.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,295 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 5,295 customers out) · decade average 9.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 80 | 694 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | 51 | 779 | 2.8 |
| 2018 | 70 | 67 | 0.2 |
| 2019 | 95 | 1,649 | 5.2 |
| 2020 | 171 | 704 | 5.5 |
| 2021 | 169 | 1,564 | 6.1 |
| 2022 | 190 | 861 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 161 | 1,386 | 3.5 |
| 2024 | 184 | 714 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 170 | 5,295 | 66.0 |
Relatively Moderate wildfire exposure · 9.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Custer County: FAQ
- How often does Custer County, SD lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Custer County, SD logged 170 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 66.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Custer County, SD?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,295 customers without power, beginning December 18, 2025 and lasting about 13d 16h.
- Is there a power outage in Custer County, SD right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Custer County, SD. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Custer County.
57730, 57738, 57744, 57773
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/46033 and /api/v1/counties/46033/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of South Dakota customers).