Power Outage in Ketchum, ID

Thunderstorm Wind. A 65 mph wind gusts 6 miles south of Sun Valley. There was a power outage in Blaine County affecting about 1,000 customers until about 5:30 PM MDT.

September 10, 2021

Thunderstorm Wind. Three trees along with power lines were downed across Little Wood Reservoir Road just north of Carey. It was very near N Main St or US Highway 20. 700 customers were without power in the towns of Carey, Picabo, and Gannett.

May 19, 2020

Flood. Rain on top of continued snow melt pushed the Big Wood River to flood stage and eventually reaching moderate and major flood stage at Hailey. The entire Big Wood River Valley encountered major flooding with as many as 5,000 evacuations from Bellevue to Hailey to Ketchum and Sun Valley by May 6th. Many people went without electricity in the valley today with water pumps also running continually with major flood damage in basement homes. One home in north Ketchum on Empire Creek Road suffered a death on May 10th when a man died in a basement trying to assist with pumps to remove over 6 feet of water from the basement. The evacuation order reached 24 homes in Blaine County along the Big Wood River by mid month. Costs of flood damage reached 10 million dollars in the county. Levee repair costs were included and damage included agriculture, homes, businesses, roads, bridges resorts, government infrastructure and preserves. Sand bagging was continual by volunteers throughout the month as well. the flooding caused extensive power pole damage. The Big Wood River spent the entire month exceeding and receding from flood stage in Blaine County with the worst flooding during the first two weeks of the month.

May 01, 2017

A lightning strike to a power pole in between Hailey and Ketchum shut down power and also business in Ketchum from 5:35 pm MDT to 8 pm MDT on August 12th.

August 12, 2014

Lightning. A lightning strike to a power pole in between Hailey and Ketchum shut down power and also business in Ketchum from 5:35 pm MDT to 8 pm MDT on August 12th.

August 12, 2014

Idaho Power Co. has scheduled a maintenance-related power outage in the northern Wood River Valley from 10 p.m. Wed… https://t.co/mMQaBLcrwi

@IdahoMtExpress - September 27, 2022 21:28

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@bludz41 - September 06, 2022 15:39

#winterstorm01032022 Anyone else take on projects they’ve put off (and put off) during an 11 hour power outage? It’… https://t.co/gG44I9Ulub

@Desiart01 - January 03, 2022 21:27

At that time, no power outages had been reported in the area. But the lines were considered live, a worker on the s… https://t.co/GCuBhmFs2H

@IdahoMtExpress - January 27, 2021 23:58

The outage will allow crews to repair several sections of the transmission line that delivers electricity between H… https://t.co/Wf1rbzoG9f

@IdahoMtExpress - October 12, 2020 17:42