When will the power be back in Minot, ND?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring |
How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 26, 9,590 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 1.8 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 3.1 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.
Track current power outages in Minot, North Dakota — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Minot is a city in Ward County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Minot directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
Minot is a city of about 47,440 residents in Ward County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Minot by name, so this page reports the Ward County county-wide view, which covers Minot. If a serving utility does name Minot during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Minot: 58701 · 58702 · 58703 · 58707 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Minot: the closest other places we track are Mandan, about 99 miles to the south; Bismarck, about 101 miles to the south; Williston, about 109 miles to the west; Dickinson, about 117 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Grand Forks (195 mi E), West Fargo (225 mi SE), Fargo (228 mi SE), Moorhead, MN (232 mi E), Aberdeen, SD (233 mi SE), Detroit Lakes, MN (272 mi E), Fergus Falls, MN (279 mi SE), Box Elder, SD (298 mi S). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: east toward Bemidji, MN (301 mi); southeast toward Watertown, SD (302 mi); south toward Rapid City, SD (303 mi); southwest toward Gillette, WY (340 mi).
Who serves Minot?
We track live outage data from Burke-Divide Electric Cooperative, Montana-Dakota Utilities, Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative, Verendrye Electric Coop in Ward County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Minot, ND?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Minot area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.
How do I check the power outage status in Minot, ND?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Minot area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Minot ZIP code — 58701, 58702, 58703, 58707 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.
How do I report a power outage in Minot, ND?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Ward County include Burke-Divide Electric Cooperative, Montana-Dakota Utilities, Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative and others; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
Does this page show Minot specifically, or the whole county?
Right now, the Ward County county-wide view, which covers Minot. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Minot by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Minot. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Mandan (99 mi S) is the closest place we track separately.
How accurate is the restoration estimate?
Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.
