massoutage

Power Outages in Geary County, KS

Bluestem Electric Coop Inc, DS&O Electric Cooperative, Inc., Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Metro and Flint Hills Rural E C A, Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.6 hours.

Geary County, KS is served by 5 tracked utilities.

Cite this data
URL
https://massoutage.com/kansas/geary-county
As of
Not available
Publisher
MassOutage

MassOutage, "Power Outages in Geary County, KS". https://massoutage.com/kansas/geary-county

Alert me
Geary County, KS
Loading map…
This county Loading live outagesout
No outages reported (partial view)

Bluestem Electric Coop Inc, DS&O Electric Cooperative, Inc., Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Metro and Flint Hills Rural E C A, Inc publish no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Geary County

0.0%of this county's ~15,302 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

System-wide total only, no county split: Bluestem Electric Coop Inc, DS&O Electric Cooperative, Inc., Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Metro, Flint Hills Rural E C A, Inc.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Bluestem Electric Coop IncLive · total onlynot by county------
DS&O Electric Cooperative, Inc.Live · total onlynot by county------
Evergy Kansas Central, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Evergy MetroLive · total onlynot by county------
Flint Hills Rural E C A, IncLive · total onlynot by county------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Geary 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.

Power-dependent
226
Oxygen service
19
Dialysis (facility)
48
Home health / hospice
15
By ZIP code (3)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
66441169≤11126≤11
6651418≤1114≤11
66442≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Geary County, KS

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Geary County or any town and utility in it.

Get alerts for Geary CountySend updates to your dashboardRSS feed
◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

No active NWS alerts for Geary County right now.

Recent NWS alert activity · Geary County

Geary County has been under 38 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.

  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×10
  • Flood Watch ×9
  • Flood Warning ×5
  • Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×4
  • Flash Flood Warning ×3
  • Freeze Warning ×3

Latest Geary County, KS outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 15m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,058 customers out (6.9% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 14m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,357 customers out (15% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 50m

  6. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 14, 2026

  7. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 14, 2026

  8. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 117 customers out (1.3% of the county)

Outage trend · Geary County, KS
0customers out
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Geary County, KS: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 0 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.30.50.81Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
Use the arrow keys to read values.
Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Geary County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Geary County went about 2.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,893 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 2.6 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Geary County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 8.1h, 2016 2.5h, 2017 1.2h, 2018 1.6h, 2019 1.5h, 2020 1.4h, 2021 7.6h, 2022 4.0h, 2023 1.6h, 2024 5.7h, 2025 2.6h. Highlighted: 2015.02.557.5108.1h20152.5h20161.2h20171.6h20181.5h20191.4h20207.6h20214.0h20221.6h20235.7h20242.6h2025
Use the arrow keys to read values.

Worst year here was 2015 (peak 3,188 customers out) · decade average 3.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20153173,1888.1
20163783,6812.5
20173781,3721.2
20183641,3691.6
20197556621.5
20204421,3571.4
20213445,6117.6
20223763,1644.0
20233151,2181.6
20243855,8935.7
20253792,9772.6

Cost of power in Geary County

ENERGY & AI DEMAND →

Estimated residential electricity price for Geary 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.

14.6¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 20% since 2015
vs Kansas avg 15.3¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
June 28, 20245,8931d 5h
December 15, 20215,6113d 11h
April 22, 20214,15230m
April 5, 20244,05945m
June 16, 20163,68116h 15m
See the biggest power outages in US history →
Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High ice storms exposure · 3.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormRelatively High
TornadoRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate
All hazard rankings →

Power outages in Geary County: FAQ

How often does Geary County, KS lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Geary County, KS logged 379 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Geary County, KS?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,893 customers without power, beginning June 28, 2024 and lasting about 1d 5h.
Is there a power outage in Geary County, KS right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Geary County, KS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Geary County, KS?
Tracked electric providers include Bluestem Electric Coop Inc, DS&O Electric Cooperative, Inc., Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Metro, Flint Hills Rural E C A, Inc.
Nearby counties
Clay CountyDickinson CountyMorris CountyRiley County
ZIP codes in Geary County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Geary County.

66441, 66514

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Evergy Metro2.6 hrsLive · total only-
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc2.1 hrsLive · total only
Map ↗
Flint Hills Rural E C A, Inc-Live · total only-
Bluestem Electric Coop Inc-Live · total only-
DS&O Electric Cooperative, Inc.-Live · total only-

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/20061 and /api/v1/counties/20061/history.