Power Outages in Kit Carson County, CO
There is no live feed for City of Burlington - (CO) and K C Electric Association, so we can't see current outages in Kit Carson County, CO. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 7.4 hours.
Kit Carson County, CO is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/colorado/kit-carson-county
- As of
- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Kit Carson County, CO". https://massoutage.com/colorado/kit-carson-county
No live feed for City of Burlington - (CO) and K C Electric Association: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~3,825 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Burlington - (CO), K C Electric Association. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Burlington - (CO) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| K C Electric Association | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Kit Carson Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (6)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80807 | 70 | ≤11 | 66 | ≤11 |
| 80815 | 43 | ≤11 | 41 | 0 |
| 80836 | 32 | ≤11 | 29 | 0 |
| 80834 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 80861 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 80805 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Kit Carson County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Kit Carson County right now.
Kit Carson County has been under 45 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×21
- Special Weather Statement ×5
- Flood Advisory ×5
- Flood Watch ×4
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×4
- Freeze Warning ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Kit Carson County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Kit Carson County went about 7.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,700 customers.
The US EIA reports Colorado utilities averaged 4.6 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 7.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2019 (peak 2,700 customers out) · decade average 10.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 151 | 1,175 | 2.7 |
| 2018 | 134 | 415 | 5.3 |
| 2019 | 178 | 2,700 | 41.9 |
| 2020 | 143 | 2,215 | 7.7 |
| 2021 | 171 | 1,012 | 6.0 |
| 2022 | 85 | 2,153 | 6.8 |
| 2023 | 124 | 977 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 86 | 2,512 | 12.6 |
| 2025 | 61 | 2,149 | 7.4 |
Cost of power in Kit Carson County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Kit Carson County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- K C Electric Association13.0¢3,411 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 10.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Kit Carson County: FAQ
- How often does Kit Carson County, CO lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Kit Carson County, CO logged 61 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 7.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Kit Carson County, CO?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,700 customers without power, beginning December 13, 2019 and lasting about 17d 16h.
- Is there a power outage in Kit Carson County, CO right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Kit Carson County, CO. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Kit Carson County.
80805, 80807, 80815, 80834, 80836, 80861
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| K C Electric Association | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Burlington - (CO) | - | No live feed | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Colorado customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/08063 and /api/v1/counties/08063/history.