See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · North Dakota
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customer reported out in Ward County, ND
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Official restoration time (Xcel Energy): Oct 3, 6:30 PM CDT — this time has passed
A small number of customers are reported out county-wide — too few for a live restoration estimate. past outages here typically ran ~1.5 hr, based on 88 past outages of any size over 12 years of records.
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
Updated 10:29 PM CDT.
11county-wide trend of customers without power · last 75 min · tap or hover a point to see its number
Communities with reported outages — from the utilities that publish city-by-city detail for this county
Berthold — 1 customer reported out · utility est. Oct 3, 6:30 PM CDT — this time has passed
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County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Montana-Dakota Utilities, Xcel Energy, Verendrye Electric Cooperative, Otter Tail Power ↗ and 2 more, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. 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 — Ward County, ND
Last significant outage: Sep 29, 2026 — peaked at 204 customers, restored in ~2.3 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 5 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2.3 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 22, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Ward County, ND
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
88 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 1 major event of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~1.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~12,637 customers out in July 2017, restored after about 1.5 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 in Ward County include Minot, Surrey, Burlington, Kenmare, Berthold, Sawyer, Des Lacs and Makoti. 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 Ward County, ND?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Ward include Montana-Dakota Utilities, 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.
