When will the power be back in Lafayette, CO?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Lafayette is a city of about 30,587 residents in Boulder County.
Xcel Energy has reported outages for Lafayette by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Lafayette is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Lafayette:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Lafayette: the closest other places we track are Louisville, about 3 miles to the southwest; Broomfield, about 4 miles to the southeast; Erie, about 5 miles to the northeast; and Superior, about 5 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Westminster (8 mi S), Boulder (8 mi W), Northglenn (9 mi SE), Thornton (10 mi SE), Federal Heights (10 mi SE), Frederick (10 mi NE), Arvada (12 mi S) and Longmont (12 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Berthoud (22 mi); northeast toward Firestone (14 mi); east toward Brighton (16 mi); southeast toward Commerce City (16 mi); south toward Wheat Ridge (15 mi); southwest toward Montrose (181 mi); west toward Steamboat Springs (97 mi); and northwest toward Rock Springs, WY (242 mi).
Who serves Lafayette?
We track live outage data from Xcel Energy, Poudre Valley REA and United Power ↗ in Boulder County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Longmont and Town of Lyons also serve parts of Boulder County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. For the parent company's combined picture, see Xcel Energy outages across every state it serves.
Lafayette's last tracked outage began Sep 29, peaked at 43 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 29 — 43 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 18 — 51 customers out, restored in 14 hours
- Sep 14 — 85 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 30 — 52 customers out, restored in 3 hours
County context: across all of Boulder County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3 hr. The full record for Boulder County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Lafayette, CO?
To check your own street, search a Lafayette ZIP code — 80026 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Lafayette specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Lafayette we have the city-level view: Xcel Energy has published outages for Lafayette under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Lafayette is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Boulder County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Lafayette.
