Power Outages in Atchison County, KS
As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, no outages are reported by Evergy Kansas Central, Inc and FreeState Electric Coop in Atchison County, KS. There is no live feed for Brown-Atchison E C A Inc, City of Horton - (KS), City of Muscotah and Doniphan Elec Coop Assn, Inc. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.1 hours.
Atchison County, KS is served by 7 tracked utilities.
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- October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Atchison County, KS", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/kansas/atchison-county
No active outages are reported by Evergy Kansas Central, Inc and FreeState Electric Coop in Atchison County.
No live feed for Brown-Atchison E C A Inc, City of Horton - (KS), City of Muscotah and Doniphan Elec Coop Assn, Inc: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
96%of this county's ~7,696 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Brown-Atchison E C A Inc, City of Horton - (KS), City of Muscotah, Doniphan Elec Coop Assn, Inc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 7,279 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| FreeState Electric Coop | Live · county | 0 | 120 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Evergy Metro | Live · county | no county report | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brown-Atchison E C A Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Horton - (KS) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Muscotah | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Doniphan Elec Coop Assn, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc and FreeState Electric Coop reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Atchison 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 (5)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66002 | 160 | ≤11 | 136 | ≤11 |
| 66041 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 66058 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66023 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66016 | ≤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 Atchison County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Atchison County right now.
Atchison County has been under 45 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Watch on October 17, 2026.
- Flood Warning ×14
- Flood Watch ×11
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×11
- Flash Flood Warning ×3
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×3
- Freeze Watch ×1
Latest Atchison County, KS outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 51m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 123 customers out (1.4% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Atchison County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Atchison County went about 2.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 4,858 customers.
The US EIA reports Kansas utilities averaged 3.2 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 2.1 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 4,858 customers out) · decade average 2.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 251 | 985 | 0.9 |
| 2016 | 272 | 1,111 | 1.2 |
| 2017 | 306 | 1,336 | 1.6 |
| 2018 | 375 | 2,053 | 4.8 |
| 2019 | 716 | 679 | 2.9 |
| 2020 | 346 | 1,680 | 3.2 |
| 2021 | 384 | 4,858 | 5.0 |
| 2022 | 361 | 1,140 | 1.6 |
| 2023 | 367 | 2,082 | 2.9 |
| 2024 | 383 | 724 | 2.5 |
| 2025 | 401 | 1,374 | 2.1 |
Cost of power in Atchison County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Atchison 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.
- Evergy Kansas Central, Inc14.6¢343,712 cust
- Evergy Metro13.2¢247,426 cust
- FreeState Electric Coop17.8¢17,654 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 ice storms exposure · 2.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Atchison County: FAQ
- How often does Atchison County, KS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Atchison County, KS logged 401 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Atchison County, KS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 4,858 customers without power, beginning April 22, 2021 and lasting about 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Atchison County, KS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Atchison County, KS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Atchison County, KS?
- Tracked electric providers include Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Metro.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Atchison County.
66002, 66016, 66023, 66041, 66058
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergy Metro | 2.6 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | 2.1 hrs | Live · county | |
| FreeState Electric Coop | 5.6 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Brown-Atchison E C A Inc | - | No live feed | - |
| Doniphan Elec Coop Assn, Inc | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Horton - (KS) | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Muscotah | - | 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 Kansas customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/20005 and /api/v1/counties/20005/history.