When will the power be back in Custer County, ID?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Custer County, ID right now.

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Who serves Custer County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Electric service in this county is provided by Salmon River Electric Cooperative and Lost River Electric Cooperative — we don't yet read their own live outage maps, so the numbers above come from the nationwide county-by-county tally (federal data). Territories overlap, so check your own address on the live map to confirm your provider.

Outage history — Custer County, ID

No significant outages recorded here since we began tracking this county — smaller flickers (under ~200 customers at peak) aren't archived.

Longer-term outage history — Custer County, ID

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 3 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~4.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in winter.

That is longer than the Idaho norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2.3 hr.

Largest on record: ~1,104 customers out in January 2017, restored after about 2.3 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2020.

Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Communities covered

Communities in Custer County include Challis, Mackay, Stanley and Clayton. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Custer County, ID?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Custer include Salmon River Electric Cooperative and Lost River Electric Cooperative — 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.

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