Power outages in Hill City, SD
Live outages for Hill City and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Hill City has 938 residents.
Right now
No live outage data for Hill City yet.
Outage map
Hill CityPennington County
Outage history in Pennington County, which includes Hill City
2014–2025 recordPennington County averaged 11.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most South Dakota counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 14. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 5.3 days, starting December 17, 2025.
The largest on record began November 13, 2025, with 41,253 customers out at once.
11.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
i
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 hourtypical (median) length
i
Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.5.3 dayslongest on record (December 2025)
41,253most 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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 13, 2025 | 41,253 | 7 hours | 134,050 |
| December 17, 2025 | 25,159 | 5.3 days | 559,244 |
| August 10, 2019 | 7,770 | 1.5 hours | 3,146 |
| January 24, 2019 | 5,427 | 30 minutes | 2,040 |
| June 20, 2020 | 5,384 | 1.5 hours | 4,410 |
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.