When will the power be back in Bottineau County, ND?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Bottineau County, ND right now.

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Elsewhere in North Dakota: 128 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 10:31 PM CDT.

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Who serves Bottineau County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Otter Tail Power ↗, Montana-Dakota Utilities and Verendrye Electric Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. North Central Electric Cooperative also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Bottineau County, ND

Last significant outage: Sep 3, 2026 — peaked at 343 customers, restored in ~48 min (weather alert).

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Sep 3, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Bottineau County, ND

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 22 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~1.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in spring.

Largest on record: ~1,398 customers out in June 2020, restored after about 7.3 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 Bottineau County include Westhope, Lansford, Willow City, Newburg, Maxbass, Souris, Landa and Kramer. 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 Bottineau County, ND?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Bottineau include Otter Tail Power, Montana-Dakota Utilities, North Central 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.

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Renville County · McHenry County · Rolette County · Ward County · Pierce County · Towner County · Burke County · Mountrail County

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