Power outages in Meade County, SD
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Meade County yet. Black Hills Power, Inc., West River Electric Assn Inc and Black Hills Electric Coop, Inc serve this county.
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No live outage data for Meade County yet.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Outage map
Outage history in Meade County
2014–2025 recordMeade County averaged 20 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most South Dakota counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 19. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 1.6 days, starting December 18, 2025.
The largest on record began November 13, 2025, with 10,065 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in July.
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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.i
Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.| 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 | 10,065 | 9 hours | 48,179 |
| October 13, 2021 | 8,735 | 3 hours | 2,222 |
| February 11, 2016 | 8,299 | 45 minutes | 6,224 |
| October 12, 2021 | 7,130 | 3 hours | 5,242 |
| July 23, 2025 | 5,009 | 1 hour | 3,970 |
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.
Nearby counties
Utilities
- Black Hills Power, Inc. no live feed
- West River Electric Assn Inc no live feed
- Black Hills Electric Coop, Inc no live feed
- WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration no live feed
- Butte Electric Coop, Inc no live feed
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