Power Out Map
– 0% of McIntosh out 0 customers out in North Dakota

Power outage history

McIntosh County North Dakota

2.2hours

without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025

67% below the national median

Worst outage on record Dec 28, 2023 24% of customers out · 90% back in 28 hours
Hours without power, average customer per year 2.2h / yr State average 2.1 h · national median 6.6 h
Major outages a year 23.0 Peaks over 10% of customers or 50,000 customers
Typical time to restore 90% 2hours Median across major outages, from the peak
Longest single outage 4.3days Dec 27, 2023, over 1% of customers out
Outage hours on storm days 66% Share falling on days with a NOAA storm report here
Worst year 2024 2.2 hours without power, average customer
Electricity customers 2,180 ORNL customer model · 1 well-covered years

Every day since 2015

Eleven years, one night at a time

Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of McIntosh's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.

20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
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Year by year

Hours in the dark, per customer

2024 was the worst well-recorded year, at 2.2 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.

McIntosh, hours without power per customer

McIntoshUS median countyNorth Dakota average
0 2 4 6 8 ’17 ’18 ’19 ’20 ’21 ’22 ’23 2.2 ’24 ’25 US 6.6 ND 2.1

The record

The biggest outages since 2015

Ranked by customer-hours lost: customers out multiplied by how long they stayed out. Times are local.

Began Storm Peak out Share Lasted 90% restored Customer-hours
Dec 27, 2023 Ice storm 520 24% 4.3 d 28 h 11k
Dec 15, 2022 Winter storm 199 9% 21 h 22 h 2.3k
Dec 16, 2022 Winter storm 450 21% 38 h 2.0 h 2.1k
Feb 3, 2021 Ice storm 693 32% 7.2 h 1.2 h 1.9k
Dec 24, 2022 No storm report 56 3% 2.7 d – 1.9k
Jun 20, 2025 Thunderstorms 601 28% 2.2 h 2.2 h 1.3k
Sep 28, 2021 No storm report 563 26% 2.2 h 1.5 h 1.1k
Jun 7, 2021 Thunderstorms 514 24% 2.2 h 2.2 h 659
Aug 13, 2024 No storm report 605 28% 1.0 h 30 min 601
Aug 25, 2022 No storm report 617 28% 1.2 h 30 min 589
Jan 23, 2023 No storm report 380 17% 4.0 h 4.0 h 503
Dec 25, 2024 No storm report 382 18% 1.5 h 1.5 h 494

After the peak

How fast the lights come back

Each line is one major outage, from its peak. The amber line is the typical path.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% peak+24h+48h+72h+96h half back by +2h 90% by +2h

When it happens

The outage clock

Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.

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What was happening

Weather behind the outages

Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for McIntosh from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.

  • Ice storm 44%
  • No storm on record 34%
  • Winter storm 15%
  • Thunderstorms 7.5%

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities serving McIntosh

As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole North Dakota territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.

Utility Type Outage min / yr Excl. major storms Outages / yr Residential ¢/kWh Customers
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co Investor Owned 95 65 0.81 11.1 80k
KEM Electric Coop Inc ND – – – 12.5 43k
Dakota Valley Elec Coop Inc Cooperative 64 50 0.34 12.7 5.8k

EIA Form 861, latest year each utility reported. Outage minutes are SAIDI, the yearly minutes the average customer goes without power; outages a year are SAIFI.

Next door

Neighbouring counties

Across North Dakota

Where it is darkest

Hours / yr64+

All North Dakota counties →

About these numbers

Notes

Outages come from the EAGLE-I record of utility outage maps collected every 15 minutes by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hours without power are customer-hours divided by the county's 2,180 electricity customers. Averages use well-covered years from 2018. Outages shorter than 15 minutes, and utilities that publish no outage map, are not in the record, so these figures understate the total. How every number is made →