When will the power be back in Fargo, ND?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Cass County, North Dakota

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

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Elsewhere in North Dakota: 2 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 7:15 PM CDT.

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⚡ No power in Fargo, ND? 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.

Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been

What we track for Fargo

Fargo is a city of about 136,285 residents in Cass County.

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

ZIP codes in Fargo:

Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Fargo: the closest other places we track are Big Lake, MN, about 181 miles to the southeast, and Bismarck, about 186 miles to the west.

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: southeast toward Andover, MN (201 mi); south toward Mitchell, SD (224 mi); and west toward Dickinson (282 mi).

Who serves Fargo?

We track live outage data from Cass County Electric Cooperative ↗, Xcel Energy, Otter Tail Power ↗ and Nodak Electric Cooperative in Cass County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see Xcel Energy outages across every state it serves.

Recent outages tracked in Fargo

Fargo's last tracked outage began Oct 13, peaked at 31 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.

Oct 13 — 31 customers out, restored in 2 hours
Oct 8 — 102 customers out, restored in 2 hours
Oct 6 — 349 customers out, restored in 2 hours
Oct 1 — 31 customers out, restored in an hour

Tracked by this site from the serving utilities' own live outage maps (outages of 25+ customers; dates are local calendar days). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.

County context: across all of Cass County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 1.8 hr. The full record for Cass County

Common questions

When will my power be back on in Fargo, ND?

It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Fargo's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.

How do I check the power outage status in Fargo, ND?

To check your own street, search a Fargo ZIP code — 58102, 58103, 58104, 58105, 58106, 58107 or any of the other 7 — and the map opens on that area.

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Cass County overview

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