Power Outages in Sanborn County, SD
No live outage feed is available for Sanborn County, SD yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 10.0 hours.
Sanborn County, SD is served by local tracked utilities.
Sanborn 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 Sanborn County right now.
Sanborn County has been under 35 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on September 2, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×12
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×11
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×5
- Extreme Heat Warning ×4
- Dense Fog Advisory ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Sanborn County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Sanborn County went about 10.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,317 customers.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 1,317 customers out) · decade average 4.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 | 177 | 0.2 |
| 2016 | 6 | 37 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 179 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | 5 | 43 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 43 | 194 | 2.9 |
| 2020 | 56 | 556 | 2.6 |
| 2021 | 44 | 545 | 4.1 |
| 2022 | 72 | 1,317 | 23.5 |
| 2023 | 58 | 682 | 7.0 |
| 2024 | 55 | 195 | 1.4 |
| 2025 | 71 | 730 | 10.0 |
Relatively Low ice storms exposure · 4.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Sanborn County: FAQ
- How often does Sanborn County, SD lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Sanborn County, SD logged 71 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 10.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Sanborn County, SD?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,317 customers without power, beginning July 5, 2022 and lasting about 1d 8h.
- Is there a power outage in Sanborn County, SD right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Sanborn County, SD. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Sanborn County.
57314, 57359, 57385
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/46111 and /api/v1/counties/46111/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of South Dakota customers).