Power outages in Belle Fourche, SD
Live outages for Belle Fourche and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Belle Fourche has 5,791 residents.
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Belle FourcheButte County
Outage history in Butte County, which includes Belle Fourche
2014–2025 recordButte County averaged 9.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most South Dakota counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 6. Half were over within 3 hours; the longest lasted 4.5 hours, starting December 17, 2025.
The largest on record began November 13, 2025, with 3,573 customers out at once.
9.7significant 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.2 dayslongest on record (June 2024)
3,573most 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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| November 13, 2025 | 3,573 | 4 hours | 6,696 |
| February 11, 2016 | 2,382 | 45 minutes | 1,787 |
| August 1, 2018 | 1,696 | 4.5 hours | 4,654 |
| March 11, 2023 | 1,402 | 5.5 hours | 6,423 |
| March 24, 2022 | 1,177 | 2 hours | 1,691 |
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.