When will the power be back in Bayfield County, WI?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Bayfield County, WI right now.

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Elsewhere in Wisconsin: 132 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 4:16 AM CDT.

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Who serves Bayfield County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Xcel Energy and Wisconsin Electric Cooperatives ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Dahlberg Light & Power Co 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 — Bayfield County, WI

Last significant outage: Sep 30, 2026 — peaked at 365 customers, restored in ~30 min (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: Aug 4, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Bayfield County, WI

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 78 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~3.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

That is longer than the Wisconsin norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2.5 hr.

Largest on record: ~5,170 customers out in July 2016, restored after about 38.3 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2017.

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 Bayfield County include Washburn, Mason, Barksdale, Barnes, Bayview, Bell, Cable and Clover. 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 Bayfield County, WI?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Bayfield include Xcel Energy, Wisconsin Electric Cooperatives and Dahlberg Light & Power Co — 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

Ashland County · Douglas County · Sawyer County · Iron County · Washburn County · Price County · Burnett County · Rusk County

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