When will the power be back in Chouteau County, MT?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Chouteau County, MT right now.

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Elsewhere in Montana: 3 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 3:16 AM MDT.

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Who serves Chouteau County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Fergus Electric Cooperative and NorthWestern Energy ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Hill County Electric Cooperative and Sun River Electric Cooperative 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 — Chouteau County, MT

Last significant outage: Sep 29, 2026 — peaked at 231 customers, restored in ~2.5 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 3 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 13, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Chouteau County, MT

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 60 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in spring.

Largest on record: ~1,955 customers out in February 2020, restored after about 10 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 Chouteau County include Fort Benton, Big Sandy, Geraldine, Boneau, Carter, Floweree, Highwood and Loma. 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 Chouteau County, MT?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Chouteau include Fergus Electric Cooperative, Hill County Electric Cooperative, NorthWestern Energy 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.

Nearby counties & areas

Hill County · Liberty County · Cascade County · Judith Basin County · Fergus County · Blaine County · Toole County · Teton County

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