When will the power be back in Fountain, CO?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring |
How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 19, 7,878 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 1.9 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.
Track current power outages in Fountain, Colorado — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Fountain is a city in El Paso County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Fountain directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
Fountain is a city of about 29,457 residents in El Paso County.
Colorado Springs Utilities has reported outages for Fountain by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Fountain 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 Fountain: 80817 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Fountain: the closest other places we track are Colorado Springs, about 13 miles to the north; Monument, about 28 miles to the north; Pueblo, about 29 miles to the south; Cañon City, about 34 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Castle Rock (48 mi N), Castle Pines (54 mi N), Parker (57 mi N), Lone Tree (59 mi N), Centennial (63 mi N), Littleton (65 mi N), Greenwood Village (65 mi N), Englewood (68 mi N). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Aurora (71 mi); northeast toward Fort Morgan (118 mi); east toward Garden City, KS (213 mi); southeast toward Guymon, OK (223 mi); south toward Las Vegas, NM (215 mi); southwest toward Durango (200 mi); west toward Montrose (172 mi); northwest toward Glenwood Springs (154 mi).
Who serves Fountain?
We track live outage data from Colorado Springs Utilities ↗, Mountain View Electric Assn, Southeast Colorado Power Assn in El Paso County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Fountain, CO?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Fountain area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.
How do I check the power outage status in Fountain, CO?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Fountain area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Fountain ZIP code — 80817 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.
How do I report a power outage in Fountain, CO?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in El Paso County include Colorado Springs Utilities, Mountain View Electric Assn, Southeast Colorado Power Assn; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
Does this page show Fountain specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Fountain we have the city-level view: Colorado Springs Utilities has published outages for Fountain under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Fountain is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the El Paso County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Fountain.
How accurate is the restoration estimate?
Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.
