Power outages in Black Hawk, CO
Live outages for Black Hawk and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Black Hawk has 120 residents.
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Black HawkGilpin County
Outage history in Gilpin County, which includes Black Hawk
2014–2025 recordGilpin County averaged 9 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most Colorado counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 17. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 11 hours, starting December 9, 2025.
The largest on record began September 29, 2025, with 5,515 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in December.
9significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.2.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.18 hourslongest on record (December 2021)
5,515most customers out at once
| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| September 29, 2025 | 5,515 | 15 minutes | 1,379 |
| July 26, 2023 | 1,748 | 2.5 hours | 3,278 |
| December 9, 2025 | 1,339 | 11 hours | 4,356 |
| March 12, 2025 | 953 | 2.5 hours | 1,870 |
| February 4, 2021 | 898 | 6.5 hours | 3,587 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.