When will the power be back in Moorhead, MN?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Clay County, Minnesota

No significant county-wide outage reported in Clay, MN right now.

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Elsewhere in Minnesota: 250 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 11:16 PM CDT.

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What we track for Moorhead

Moorhead is a city of about 45,726 residents in Clay County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Moorhead by name, so this page reports the Clay County county-wide view, which covers Moorhead. If a serving utility does name Moorhead during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

ZIP codes in Moorhead:

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Around Moorhead: the closest other places we track are Fargo, ND, about 4 miles to the west; West Fargo, ND, about 8 miles to the west; Detroit Lakes, about 43 miles to the east; and Fergus Falls, about 51 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Grand Forks, ND (75 mi N); Jamestown, ND (92 mi W); Alexandria (95 mi SE); Bemidji (97 mi NE); Brainerd (126 mi E); Aberdeen, SD (127 mi SW); Watertown, SD (137 mi S); and Willmar (145 mi SE).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: east toward Grand Rapids (153 mi); southeast toward Sartell (148 mi); south toward Marshall (173 mi); southwest toward Huron, SD (187 mi); and west toward Bismarck, ND (190 mi).

Who serves Moorhead?

We track live outage data from Wild Rice Electric Cooperative, Otter Tail Power ↗, Xcel Energy and Lake Region Electric Cooperative in Clay County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Moorhead, Red River Valley Cooperative Power Association, City of Barnesville and 1 other also serve parts of Clay County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. For the parent company's combined picture, see Xcel Energy outages across every state it serves.

Outage history — Clay County, MN (covers Moorhead)

Last significant outage: Sep 2, 2026 — peaked at 227 customers, restored in ~2.3 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 2 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2.4 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 17, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

County context: across all of Clay County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.7 hr. The full record for Clay County

Common questions

How do I check the power outage status in Moorhead, MN?

To check your own street, search a Moorhead ZIP code — 56560, 56561, 56562 or 56563 — and the map opens on that area.

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