Power outages in Buffalo, SD
Live outages for Buffalo and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Buffalo has 358 residents.
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BuffaloHarding County
Outage history in Harding County, which includes Buffalo
2014–2025 recordHarding County averaged 15 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most South Dakota counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 18. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 12 hours, starting June 8, 2025.
The largest on record began January 14, 2021, with 1,783 customers out at once.
15significant 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.1.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.3.1 dayslongest on record (May 2021)
1,783most 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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| January 14, 2021 | 1,783 | 45 minutes | 1,337 |
| November 18, 2024 | 1,532 | 2 hours | 2,428 |
| July 5, 2022 | 1,101 | 8 hours | 1,492 |
| September 4, 2025 | 1,041 | 1 hour | 1,041 |
| September 11, 2024 | 632 | 19 hours | 5,467 |
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.