When will the power be back in Steamboat Springs, CO?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Steamboat Springs is a city of about 13,620 residents in Routt County.
Yampa Valley Electric Association has reported outages for Steamboat Springs by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when Steamboat Springs 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 Steamboat Springs:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Steamboat Springs: the closest other places we track are Rifle, about 82 miles to the southwest; Boulder, about 89 miles to the east; Fort Collins, about 93 miles to the east; and Lafayette, about 97 miles to the east. Also nearby: Arvada (99 mi SE), Johnstown (99 mi E), Windsor (100 mi E), Frederick (101 mi E), Firestone (101 mi E), Westminster (102 mi SE), Wheat Ridge (103 mi SE) and Federal Heights (104 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Casper, WY (165 mi); northeast toward Scottsbluff, NE (190 mi); east toward Northglenn (105 mi); southeast toward Lakewood (105 mi); west toward Orem, UT (257 mi); and northwest toward Rock Springs, WY (147 mi).
Who serves Steamboat Springs?
We track live outage data from Yampa Valley Electric Association, Xcel Energy and Mountain Parks Electric in Routt County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Town of Oak Creek also serves parts of Routt 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.
Steamboat Springs's last tracked outage began Oct 6, peaked at 36 customers out, and was restored in 8 hours. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 6 hours.
- Oct 6 — 36 customers out, restored in 8 hours
- Sep 21 — 1,556 customers out, restored in 3.2 days
- Sep 20 — 44 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 19 — 33 customers out, restored in 4 hours
County context: across all of Routt County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2 hr. The full record for Routt County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Steamboat Springs, 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 Steamboat Springs's own record: across the 4 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 6 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Steamboat Springs, CO?
To check your own street, search a Steamboat Springs ZIP code — 80477, 80487 or 80488 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Steamboat Springs specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Steamboat Springs we have the city-level view: Yampa Valley Electric Association has published outages for Steamboat Springs under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-21. When Steamboat Springs is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Routt County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Steamboat Springs.
