Power outages in Fort Benton, MT
Live outages for Fort Benton and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Fort Benton has 1,416 residents.
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Fort BentonChouteau County
Outage history in Chouteau County, which includes Fort Benton
2014–2025 recordChouteau County averaged 12.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Montana counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 14. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 2.1 days, starting December 17, 2025.
The largest on record began February 1, 2020, with 1,955 customers out at once.
12.7significant 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.3 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.2.1 dayslongest on record (December 2025)
1,955most 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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| February 1, 2020 | 1,955 | 10 hours | 12,368 |
| September 14, 2022 | 1,933 | 1.5 hours | 2,416 |
| December 17, 2025 | 1,793 | 2.1 days | 18,926 |
| August 1, 2025 | 1,547 | 6 hours | 8,863 |
| August 19, 2023 | 1,516 | 2.5 hours | 2,829 |
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.