When will the power be back in McPherson County, SD?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in McPherson County, SD right now.

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Elsewhere in South Dakota: 102 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 10:31 PM CDT.

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Who serves McPherson County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include South Dakota Rural Electric Association, Montana-Dakota Utilities and Northern Electric Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — McPherson County, SD

Last significant outage: Jul 24, 2026 — peaked at 205 customers, restored in ~48 min (heat event).

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 24, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — McPherson County, SD

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 31 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~1 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

That is shorter than the South Dakota norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2.5 hr.

Largest on record: ~656 customers out in May 2017, restored after about 30 min.

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 McPherson County include Eureka, Leola, Long Lake, Wetonka, Hillsview, Carl, Central McPherson and Grassland Colony. 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 McPherson County, SD?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of McPherson include South Dakota Rural Electric Association, Montana-Dakota Utilities and Northern Electric Cooperative — 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.

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Edmunds County · Campbell County · Brown County · Walworth County · Faulk County · Potter County · Spink County · Marshall County

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