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

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No significant county-wide outage reported in McHenry 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 McHenry County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Otter Tail Power ↗, Xcel Energy 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. For the parent company's combined picture, see Xcel Energy outages across every state it serves.

Outage history — McHenry County, ND

Last significant outage: Aug 23, 2026 — peaked at 402 customers, restored in ~48 min (no severe weather).

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 23, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — McHenry 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 ~1.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~847 customers out in October 2024, restored after about 9.8 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2020.

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 McHenry County include Velva, Towner, Drake, Granville, Anamoose, Upham, Deering and Karlsruhe. 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 McHenry County, ND?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of McHenry include Otter Tail Power, Xcel Energy, Verendrye 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

Pierce County · Bottineau County · Ward County · Sheridan County · Rolette County · McLean County · Renville County · Benson County

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