Power outages in Watford City, ND
Live outages for Watford City and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Watford City has 6,378 residents.
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Watford CityMcKenzie County
Outage history in McKenzie County, which includes Watford City
2014–2025 recordMcKenzie County averaged 2 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most North Dakota counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 1. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 2 hours, starting April 28, 2025.
The largest on record began March 20, 2020, with 1,501 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in June.
2significant 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.22 hourslongest on record (April 2022)
1,501most 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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| March 20, 2020 | 1,501 | 2 hours | 775 |
| January 14, 2021 | 1,427 | 2 hours | 2,276 |
| February 25, 2020 | 1,308 | 15 minutes | 327 |
| April 15, 2020 | 1,289 | 30 minutes | 377 |
| May 25, 2021 | 1,269 | 1.5 hours | 1,616 |
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.