Power Outages in McPherson County, SD
No live outage feed is available for McPherson County, SD yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.3 hours.
McPherson County, SD is served by local tracked utilities.
McPherson 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
McPherson County has been under 15 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 19, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×15
Hardest-hit cities in McPherson County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in McPherson County went about 1.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 656 customers.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 652 customers out) · decade average 6.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 20 | 656 | 2.2 |
| 2019 | 6 | 290 | 0.3 |
| 2020 | 15 | 654 | 3.8 |
| 2021 | 27 | 652 | 37.9 |
| 2022 | 18 | 629 | 2.5 |
| 2023 | 9 | 299 | 1.1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 603 | 1.8 |
| 2025 | 8 | 607 | 1.3 |
Relatively Moderate winter weather exposure · 6.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in McPherson County: FAQ
- How often does McPherson County, SD lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, McPherson County, SD logged 8 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in McPherson County, SD?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 656 customers without power, beginning May 26, 2017 and lasting about 30m.
- Is there a power outage in McPherson County, SD right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for McPherson County, SD. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within McPherson County.
57437, 57448, 57456, 57457
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/46089 and /api/v1/counties/46089/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of South Dakota customers).