When will the power be back in La Plata County, CO?
See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Colorado
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customers reported out in La Plata County, CO
Reported as one combined county-wide total by La Plata Electric Association · county-wide data
A small number of customers are reported out county-wide — too few for a live restoration estimate. past outages here typically ran ~2.3 hr, based on 276 past outages of 200+ customers over 12 years of records.
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
Updated 8:04 AM MDT.
12county-wide trend of customers without power · last 14 hr · tap or hover a point to see its number
Communities with reported outages — from the utilities that publish city-by-city detail for this county
⚡ No power in La Plata, CO? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.
An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include La Plata Electric Association ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. This is the utility we track here, not necessarily the only one serving it — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — La Plata County, CO
Last significant outage: Sep 17, 2026 — peaked at 710 customers, restored in ~5.5 hr (weather alert).
Across the 5 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2.2 hr (median).
Every outage behind these figures (5)
Began
Peak out
Restored in
Weather
Sep 17, 2026
710
~5.5 hr
weather alert
Sep 14, 2026
9,603
~2.5 hr
wind/storm
Aug 18, 2026
2,522
~2.2 hr
no severe weather
Jul 29, 2026
1,195
~42 min
no severe weather
Jul 28, 2026
2,802
~2 hr
no severe weather
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 28, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Recent outages tracked in Durango
Durango's last tracked outage began Sep 9, peaked at 29 customers out, and was restored in 35 minutes. Across the 2 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 35 minutes.
Sep 9 — 29 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
Aug 25 — 29 customers out, restored in 30 minutes
Tracked by this site from the serving utilities' own live outage maps (outages of 25+ customers; dates are local calendar days). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.
Longer-term outage history — La Plata County, CO
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
276 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 3 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~2.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~17,764 customers out in February 2019, restored after about 21.5 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2021.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level
records 2014–2025, replayed through the same event rules as our tracking archive above with two differences: outages shorter than
half an hour count here, and a reading above twice the county's customers or households is capped. They cover a far longer period
than we have been tracking — a different set of outages, so the two typical times differ. These are federal historical records,
not events tracked live by this site.
Communities covered
Communities in La Plata County include Durango, Bayfield, Ignacio, Durango Southwest, Marvel and Southern Ute. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
This page also serves Durango: its outages are counted in this county's total, and the outages tracked in it are listed with the outage history above.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in La Plata County, CO?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of La Plata include La Plata Electric Association — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
