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

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

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

Updated 9:31 PM MDT.

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Who serves Flathead County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Flathead Electric Cooperative and Mission Valley Power, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Glacier Electric Cooperative and Lincoln 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 — Flathead County, MT

Last significant outage: Sep 16, 2026 — peaked at 218 customers, restored in ~3.3 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 19 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 1.7 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 21, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Flathead County, MT

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 672 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 11 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~2.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~34,234 customers out in May 2020, restored after about 2.3 days. The busiest year on record here was 2024.

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.

Cities we track in Flathead County

Kalispell

Communities in Flathead County include Kalispell, Whitefish, Columbia Falls, Bad Rock-Columbia Heights, Batavia, Bigfork, Coram and Creston-Bigfork. 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 Flathead County, MT?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Flathead include Flathead Electric Cooperative, Mission Valley Power, Glacier Electric Cooperative 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

Lake County · Glacier County · Lincoln County · Sanders County · Pondera County · Missoula County · Teton County · Mineral County

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