Power Outages in Jackson County, KS
As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, no outages are reported by Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, FreeState Electric Coop, Bluestem Electric Coop Inc and Nemaha-Marshall E C A, Inc in Jackson County, KS. There is no live feed for Brown-Atchison E C A Inc and City of Holton - (KS). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.9 hours.
Jackson 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 Jackson County, KS", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/kansas/jackson-county
No active outages are reported by Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, FreeState Electric Coop, Bluestem Electric Coop Inc and Nemaha-Marshall E C A, Inc in Jackson County.
No live feed for Brown-Atchison E C A Inc and City of Holton - (KS): outages in theirservice area won't show here.
7.7%of this county's ~54,480 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 Holton - (KS). 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 | 2,788 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| FreeState Electric Coop | Live · county | 0 | 1,240 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Bluestem Electric Coop Inc | Live · county | 0 | 147 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Nemaha-Marshall E C A, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 47 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Evergy Metro | Live · county | no county report | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brown-Atchison E C A Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Holton - (KS) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, FreeState Electric Coop, Bluestem Electric Coop Inc and Nemaha-Marshall E C A, 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 Jackson 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 (9)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66436 | 60 | ≤11 | 54 | ≤11 |
| 66509 | 22 | 0 | 18 | ≤11 |
| 66440 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 66552 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66540 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66516 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66419 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66418 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66416 | ≤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 Jackson County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Jackson County right now.
Jackson County has been under 47 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×14
- Flood Watch ×12
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×5
- Flash Flood Warning ×5
- Flood Warning ×4
- Freeze Warning ×3
Latest Jackson County, KS outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 109 customers out (1.6% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Jackson County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Jackson County went about 1.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 6,676 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 1.9 hrs.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 6,676 customers out) · decade average 16.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 217 | 689 | 1.5 |
| 2016 | 182 | 973 | 0.9 |
| 2017 | 315 | 2,665 | 5.4 |
| 2018 | 734 | 6,676 | 153.9 |
| 2019 | 592 | 1,287 | 3.2 |
| 2020 | 226 | 697 | 2.4 |
| 2021 | 222 | 1,080 | 3.2 |
| 2022 | 200 | 1,106 | 2.0 |
| 2023 | 303 | 630 | 2.3 |
| 2024 | 266 | 1,158 | 2.4 |
| 2025 | 251 | 2,010 | 1.9 |
Cost of power in Jackson County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Jackson 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 · 16.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Jackson County: FAQ
- How often does Jackson County, KS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Jackson County, KS logged 251 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Jackson County, KS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 6,676 customers without power, beginning June 17, 2018 and lasting about 2d 16h.
- Is there a power outage in Jackson County, KS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Jackson County, KS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Jackson County, KS?
- Tracked electric providers include Bluestem Electric Coop Inc, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Metro, FreeState Electric Coop.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Jackson County.
66416, 66418, 66419, 66436, 66440, 66509, 66516, 66540, 66552
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 | - |
| Bluestem Electric Coop Inc | - | Live · county | - |
| Brown-Atchison E C A Inc | - | No live feed | - |
| Nemaha-Marshall E C A, Inc | - | Live · county | - |
| City of Holton - (KS) | - | 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/20085 and /api/v1/counties/20085/history.