Garfield County power outages

Colorado outage history from 2015 to 2023, with the largest outages and a backup battery estimate.

Garfield County, Colorado had 3 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Below middle outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.39 times the US outage time per person and 1.18 times the Colorado rate. It ranks 18 of 44 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

0.3major outages per year
3 of 9years with a major outage
16 hrslongest major outage
May, Aprhardest months

May and April made up 26% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Aug 26, 2016, reached 3,415 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 9.0 hours.

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Outage impact by year

Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.

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YearCustomer-hoursReported outagesMajor outages
201523,101320
201665,914341
201769,798380
201863,873391
201958,617340
202069,380530
202186,936490
202235,566340
202372,580821

When outages hit

Share of this county's customer-hours by month.

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Largest outages on record

Start dateHoursPeak customersCustomer-hours
Aug 26, 20169.03,41526,928
May 18, 20173.04,85414,562
Nov 15, 20214.53,18014,258
Apr 29, 20216.22,16413,224
Oct 2, 20172.54,77511,002

Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.

Size your backup battery

Start with what you would keep running. Wattages are typical averages, so check your own appliances.

1,700 Whof battery capacity, allowing for about 15% conversion loss

If anyone relies on medical equipment, plan that with their provider. Run portable fuel generators outdoors only, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. See the outage checklist.

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How to read this

  • A major outage lasted at least 8 hours and reached customers equal to at least 1% of county residents.
  • Records cover outages of at least 200 customers in a county. They do not show what happened on your street.
  • Utilities that do not report can make a county look better than it is. Data ends in 2023. Read the full method.