⚡ No power in Big Stone, MN? 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 Otter Tail Power ↗ and South Dakota Rural Electric Association, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Agralite Electric Cooperative and City of Ortonville also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — Big Stone County, MN
Last significant outage: Sep 30, 2026 — peaked at 277 customers, restored in ~7 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 2 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 6 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 28, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Big Stone County, MN
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
12 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025.
Typical restoration ran ~1.6 hr (median).
That is shorter than the Minnesota norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2.7 hr.
Largest on record: ~387 customers out in January 2021, restored after about 8.8 hr.
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 Big Stone County include Ortonville, Graceville, Clinton, Beardsley, Odessa, Correll, Johnson and Barry. 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 Big Stone County, MN?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Big Stone include Otter Tail Power, Agralite Electric Cooperative, South Dakota Rural Electric Association and others — 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.
