Power Outages in Elk County, KS
As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, no outages are reported by Evergy Kansas Central, Inc and Evergy Kansas South, Inc in Elk County, KS. There is no live feed for Caney Valley El Coop Assn, Inc. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.1 hours.
Elk County, KS is served by 4 tracked utilities.
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- https://massoutage.com/kansas/elk-county
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- October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Elk County, KS", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/kansas/elk-county
No active outages are reported by Evergy Kansas Central, Inc and Evergy Kansas South, Inc in Elk County.
No live feed for Caney Valley El Coop Assn, Inc: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~1,662 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Caney Valley El 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 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Evergy Kansas South, Inc | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Evergy Metro | Live · county | no county report | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Caney Valley El Coop Assn, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc and Evergy Kansas South, Inc 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 Elk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67349 | 18 | 0 | 16 | ≤11 |
| 67353 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 67352 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 67346 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 67345 | ≤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 Elk County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Elk County right now.
Elk County has been under 6 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 17, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×4
- Frost Advisory ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Elk County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Elk County went about 2.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,373 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 2015 (peak 1,373 customers out) · decade average 6.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 82 | 1,373 | 16.9 |
| 2016 | 122 | 1,153 | 5.9 |
| 2017 | 98 | 1,083 | 6.6 |
| 2018 | 153 | 1,219 | 7.3 |
| 2019 | 259 | 498 | 5.4 |
| 2020 | 133 | 77 | 1.8 |
| 2021 | 122 | 152 | 2.5 |
| 2022 | 136 | 780 | 6.7 |
| 2023 | 165 | 208 | 2.8 |
| 2024 | 143 | 1,196 | 16.4 |
| 2025 | 157 | 160 | 2.1 |
Cost of power in Elk County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Elk 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 wildfire exposure · 6.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Elk County: FAQ
- How often does Elk County, KS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Elk County, KS logged 157 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Elk County, KS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,373 customers without power, beginning December 28, 2015 and lasting about 1d 2h.
- Is there a power outage in Elk County, KS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Elk County, KS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Elk County, KS?
- Tracked electric providers include Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Metro.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Elk County.
67345, 67346, 67349, 67352, 67353
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 | - |
| Caney Valley El Coop Assn, Inc | - | 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/20049 and /api/v1/counties/20049/history.