Power Outages in Bourbon County, KS
As of October 19, 2026 04:35 UTC, no outages are reported by Heartland Rural Elec Coop, Inc, Evergy Kansas South, Inc and Evergy Metro in Bourbon County, KS. There is no live feed for City of Bronson. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.3 hours.
Bourbon County, KS is served by 5 tracked utilities.
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- https://massoutage.com/kansas/bourbon-county
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- October 19, 2026 04:35 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Bourbon County, KS", live data as of October 19, 2026 04:35 UTC. https://massoutage.com/kansas/bourbon-county
No active outages are reported by Heartland Rural Elec Coop, Inc, Evergy Kansas South, Inc and Evergy Metro in Bourbon County.
No live feed for City of Bronson: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
24%of this county's ~7,078 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Bronson. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heartland Rural Elec Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 1,719 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | Live · county | no county report | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Evergy Kansas South, Inc | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Evergy Metro | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| City of Bronson | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Heartland Rural Elec Coop, Inc, Evergy Kansas South, Inc and Evergy Metro 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 Bourbon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66701 | 222 | ≤11 | 191 | ≤11 |
| 66779 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 66769 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66754 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 66738 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66716 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤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 Bourbon County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Bourbon County right now.
Bourbon County has been under 17 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flood Watch on October 14, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×13
- Flood Watch ×3
- Flood Advisory ×1
Latest Bourbon County, KS outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 9m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 14, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 166 customers out (1.4% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Bourbon County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Bourbon County went about 1.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,900 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 1.3 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 5,530 customers out) · decade average 2.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 291 | 2,906 | 1.4 |
| 2016 | 334 | 3,060 | 3.0 |
| 2017 | 343 | 2,954 | 1.5 |
| 2018 | 356 | 4,161 | 3.0 |
| 2019 | 463 | 421 | 1.3 |
| 2020 | 325 | 1,668 | 1.1 |
| 2021 | 355 | 5,530 | 4.2 |
| 2022 | 323 | 5,326 | 3.9 |
| 2023 | 314 | 2,868 | 4.2 |
| 2024 | 308 | 5,900 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 354 | 1,169 | 1.3 |
Cost of power in Bourbon County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Bourbon 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 Kansas South, Inc14.5¢305,665 cust
- Evergy Metro13.2¢247,426 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 · 2.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Bourbon County: FAQ
- How often does Bourbon County, KS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Bourbon County, KS logged 354 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Bourbon County, KS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,900 customers without power, beginning September 22, 2024 and lasting about 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Bourbon County, KS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Bourbon County, KS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Bourbon County, KS?
- Tracked electric providers include Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Kansas South, Inc, Evergy Metro, Heartland Rural Elec Coop, Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Bourbon County.
66701, 66716, 66738, 66741, 66754, 66769, 66779
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 | |
| Evergy Kansas South, Inc | 4.1 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Heartland Rural Elec Coop, Inc | - | Live · county | - |
| City of Bronson | - | 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/20011 and /api/v1/counties/20011/history.