Power outages in Townsend, MT
Live outages for Townsend and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Townsend has 2,272 residents.
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TownsendBroadwater County
Outage history in Broadwater County, which includes Townsend
2014–2025 recordBroadwater County averaged 5.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most Montana counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 8. Half were over within 3 hours; the longest lasted 23 hours, starting December 17, 2025.
The largest on record began June 4, 2021, with 2,279 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in August.
5.3significant 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.23 hourslongest on record (December 2025)
2,279most 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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| June 4, 2021 | 2,279 | 3 hours | 6,179 |
| September 28, 2022 | 1,455 | 8.5 hours | 6,200 |
| August 29, 2022 | 1,356 | 1.5 hours | 1,471 |
| March 29, 2021 | 1,177 | 4 hours | 1,731 |
| October 13, 2025 | 818 | 8.5 hours | 2,773 |
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.