Power Outages in Potter County, SD
No live outage feed is available for Potter County, SD yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.5 hours.
Potter County, SD is served by local tracked utilities.
Potter 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 Potter County right now.
Potter County has been under 97 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Warning on August 30, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×29
- Heat Advisory ×26
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×11
- Extreme Heat Warning ×11
- Red Flag Warning ×10
- Special Weather Statement ×7
Hardest-hit cities in Potter County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Potter County went about 2.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,027 customers.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 342 customers out) · decade average 1.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 17 | 405 | 1.0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 13 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 7 | 430 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 12 | 701 | 2.0 |
| 2021 | 10 | 1,027 | 2.6 |
| 2022 | 25 | 342 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 16 | 221 | 1.8 |
| 2024 | 13 | 23 | 0.5 |
| 2025 | 10 | 219 | 2.5 |
Relatively Low ice storms exposure · 1.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Potter County: FAQ
- How often does Potter County, SD lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Potter County, SD logged 10 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Potter County, SD?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,027 customers without power, beginning February 3, 2021 and lasting about 1h.
- Is there a power outage in Potter County, SD right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Potter County, SD. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Potter County.
57442, 57450, 57455, 57475
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/46107 and /api/v1/counties/46107/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of South Dakota customers).