When will the power be back in Spearfish, SD?
| 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 Sep 5, 11,785 completed outages have been graded this way — typical (median) error 2.1 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 2.1 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 Spearfish, South Dakota — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Spearfish is a city in Lawrence County; when the serving utility's own outage map reports Spearfish directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
Spearfish is a city of about 13,803 residents in Lawrence County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Spearfish by name, so this page reports the Lawrence County county-wide view, which covers Spearfish. If a serving utility does name Spearfish during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Spearfish: 57783 · 57799 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Spearfish: the closest other places we track are Rapid City, about 41 miles to the southeast; Box Elder, about 45 miles to the southeast; Gillette, WY, about 84 miles to the west; Sheridan, WY, about 156 miles to the west. Also nearby: Casper, WY (169 mi SW), Pierre (173 mi E), Dickinson, ND (173 mi N), Scottsbluff, NE (181 mi S), Mandan, ND (215 mi NE), Bismarck, ND (218 mi NE), Cheyenne, WY (238 mi S), Laramie, WY (238 mi SW). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Williston, ND (256 mi); northeast toward Minot, ND (286 mi); east toward Aberdeen (270 mi); south toward Wellington, CO (269 mi); southwest toward Steamboat Springs, CO (317 mi); west toward Riverton, WY (250 mi); northwest toward Billings, MT (248 mi).
Who serves Spearfish?
We track live outage data from Black Hills Energy ↗, South Dakota Rural Electric Association in Lawrence 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 Spearfish, SD?
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 Spearfish 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 Spearfish, SD?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Spearfish 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 Spearfish ZIP code — 57783, 57799 — 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 Spearfish, SD?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Lawrence County include Black Hills Energy, South Dakota Rural Electric Association; 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 Spearfish specifically, or the whole county?
Right now, the Lawrence County county-wide view, which covers Spearfish. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Spearfish by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Spearfish. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Rapid City (41 mi SE) 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.
