Power outages in Zap, ND
Live outages for Zap and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Zap has 229 residents.
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ZapMercer County
Outage history in Mercer County, which includes Zap
2014–2025 recordMercer 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 2. Half were over within 5.5 hours; the longest lasted 10 hours, starting May 15, 2025.
The largest on record began October 3, 2017, with 1,789 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.7.3 dayslongest on record (July 2023)
1,789most 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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| October 3, 2017 | 1,789 | 2 hours | 2,467 |
| November 13, 2019 | 1,671 | 45 minutes | 1,097 |
| August 12, 2019 | 998 | 30 minutes | 498 |
| September 16, 2019 | 965 | 45 minutes | 724 |
| July 8, 2020 | 695 | 4 hours | 521 |
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.