Power Outages in Linn County, KS
Evergy Kansas South, Inc, Evergy Metro and Heartland Rural Elec Coop, Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Blue Mound - (KS) and City of Prescott - (KS). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.8 hours.
Linn County, KS is served by 5 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
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- https://massoutage.com/kansas/linn-county
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Linn County, KS". https://massoutage.com/kansas/linn-county
Evergy Kansas South, Inc, Evergy Metro and Heartland Rural Elec Coop, Inc publish no county-level figures.
No live feed for City of Blue Mound - (KS) and City of Prescott - (KS): outages in theirservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~4,645 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Blue Mound - (KS), City of Prescott - (KS). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Evergy Kansas South, Inc, Evergy Metro, Heartland Rural Elec Coop, Inc.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evergy Kansas South, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Evergy Metro | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Heartland Rural Elec Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Blue Mound - (KS) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Prescott - (KS) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Linn 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 (7)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66040 | 51 | ≤11 | 44 | ≤11 |
| 66056 | 26 | 0 | 24 | ≤11 |
| 66075 | 23 | ≤11 | 19 | 0 |
| 66072 | 17 | 0 | 12 | ≤11 |
| 66767 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66014 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66010 | ≤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 Linn County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Linn County right now.
Linn County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 17, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×9
- Frost Advisory ×1
Latest Linn County, KS outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 40m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 134 customers out (1.7% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 45m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 176 customers out (2.3% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Linn County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Linn County went about 2.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,824 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 2.8 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 2,851 customers out) · decade average 3.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 167 | 2,706 | 4.6 |
| 2016 | 179 | 3,677 | 2.2 |
| 2017 | 181 | 2,882 | 3.9 |
| 2018 | 159 | 1,926 | 1.4 |
| 2019 | 364 | 1,708 | 5.8 |
| 2020 | 171 | 3,126 | 5.9 |
| 2021 | 255 | 2,851 | 6.8 |
| 2022 | 240 | 2,007 | 2.0 |
| 2023 | 231 | 2,159 | 2.1 |
| 2024 | 227 | 580 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 258 | 3,824 | 2.8 |
Cost of power in Linn County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Linn 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 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 Low ice storms exposure · 3.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Linn County: FAQ
- How often does Linn County, KS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Linn County, KS logged 258 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Linn County, KS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,824 customers without power, beginning March 14, 2025 and lasting about 20h.
- Is there a power outage in Linn County, KS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Linn County, KS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Linn County, KS?
- Tracked electric providers include Evergy Kansas South, Inc, Evergy Metro, Heartland Rural Elec Coop, Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Linn County.
66010, 66014, 66040, 66056, 66072, 66075, 66767
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 · total only | - |
| Evergy Kansas South, Inc | 4.1 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Heartland Rural Elec Coop, Inc | - | Live · total only | - |
| City of Blue Mound - (KS) | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Prescott - (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/20107 and /api/v1/counties/20107/history.