When will the power be back in Rifle, CO?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Rifle is a city of about 10,663 residents in Garfield County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Rifle by name, so this page reports the Garfield County county-wide view, which covers Rifle. If a serving utility does name Rifle during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Rifle:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Rifle: the closest other places we track are Glenwood Springs, about 23 miles to the east; Grand Junction, about 53 miles to the southwest; Fruita, about 57 miles to the southwest; and Montrose, about 74 miles to the south. Also nearby: Steamboat Springs (82 mi NE), Golden (137 mi E), Boulder (138 mi E), Arvada (141 mi E), Superior (142 mi E), Lakewood (142 mi E), Louisville (143 mi E) and Wheat Ridge (143 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Loveland (156 mi); east toward Lafayette (145 mi); southeast toward Cañon City (157 mi); south toward Durango (157 mi); west toward Heber, UT (203 mi); and northwest toward Rock Springs, WY (161 mi).
Who serves Rifle?
We track live outage data from Xcel Energy, Holy Cross Energy and Grand Valley Power in Garfield County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Glenwood Springs, Moon Lake Electric Association and White River Electric Association also serve parts of Garfield 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.
Rifle's last tracked outage began Sep 18, peaked at 30 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 18 — 30 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 16 — 45 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 15 — 39 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 12 — 2,702 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Garfield County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.3 hr. The full record for Garfield County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Rifle, CO?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Rifle's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Rifle, CO?
To check your own street, search a Rifle ZIP code — 81650 — and the map opens on that area.
