Power outages in Backus, MN
Live outages for Backus and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Backus has 264 residents.
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BackusCass County
Outage history in Cass County, which includes Backus
2014–2025 recordCass County averaged 35.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Minnesota counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 52. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 22 hours, starting July 4, 2025.
The largest on record began July 21, 2016, with 14,111 customers out at once.
35.7significant 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 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.4.8 dayslongest on record (July 2016)
14,111most 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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| July 21, 2016 | 14,111 | 4.8 days | 709,102 |
| May 30, 2022 | 8,131 | 2.4 days | 194,578 |
| June 21, 2022 | 7,984 | 1.8 days | 131,441 |
| June 21, 2025 | 7,469 | 21 hours | 89,926 |
| October 6, 2024 | 6,018 | 15 hours | 26,030 |
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.