When will the power be back in Wheat Ridge, CO?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Wheat Ridge is a city of about 31,999 residents in Jefferson County.
Xcel Energy has reported outages for Wheat Ridge by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-07-29) — so when Wheat Ridge 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 Wheat Ridge:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Wheat Ridge: the closest other places we track are Arvada, about 5 miles to the northwest; Lakewood, about 5 miles to the south; Golden, about 6 miles to the west; and Federal Heights, about 8 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Westminster (8 mi N), Englewood (10 mi SE), Superior (12 mi N), Northglenn (12 mi NE), Denver (12 mi E), Broomfield (13 mi N), Thornton (13 mi NE) and Littleton (13 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Louisville (14 mi); northeast toward Commerce City (15 mi); east toward Aurora (21 mi); southeast toward Greenwood Village (15 mi); south toward Monument (50 mi); southwest toward Montrose (173 mi); west toward Glenwood Springs (120 mi); and northwest toward Boulder (19 mi).
Who serves Wheat Ridge?
We track live outage data from Xcel Energy and United Power ↗ in Jefferson County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. CORE Electric Cooperative also serves parts of Jefferson County — we don't yet read its own live outage map. For the parent company's combined picture, see Xcel Energy outages across every state it serves.
Wheat Ridge's last tracked outage began Oct 1, peaked at 144 customers out, and was restored in 5 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 55 minutes.
- Oct 1 — 144 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Sep 30 — 79 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 27 — 75 customers out, restored in 55 minutes
- Sep 25 — 80 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
County context: across all of Jefferson County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 5.3 hr. The full record for Jefferson County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Wheat Ridge, 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 Wheat Ridge's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 55 minutes — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Wheat Ridge, CO?
To check your own street, search a Wheat Ridge ZIP code — 80033 or 80034 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Wheat Ridge specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Wheat Ridge we have the city-level view: Xcel Energy has published outages for Wheat Ridge under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-07-29. When Wheat Ridge is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Jefferson County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Wheat Ridge.
