Power Outages in Mitchell County, KS
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Mitchell County, KS across 1 reported incident. Prairie Land Electric Coop Inc and Rolling Hills Electric Coop publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Beloit - (KS), City of Cawker City - (KS) and City of Glen Elder - (KS), so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.6 hours.
Mitchell County, KS is served by 5 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/kansas/mitchell-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Mitchell County, KS", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/kansas/mitchell-county
Not counted: no live feed for City of Beloit - (KS), City of Cawker City - (KS) and City of Glen Elder - (KS).
0.0%of this county's ~3,483 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Beloit - (KS), City of Cawker City - (KS), City of Glen Elder - (KS). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Prairie Land Electric Coop Inc, Rolling Hills Electric Coop.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Land Electric Coop Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rolling Hills Electric Coop | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Beloit - (KS) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Cawker City - (KS) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Glen Elder - (KS) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Mitchell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67420 | 48 | ≤11 | 32 | 0 |
| 67430 | 16 | ≤11 | 15 | 0 |
| 67485 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 67478 | ≤11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67446 | ≤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 Mitchell County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Mitchell County right now.
Mitchell County has been under 46 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Flood Warning ×15
- Tornado Warning ×7
- Flood Advisory ×5
- Flood Watch ×5
- Freeze Warning ×3
- Dense Fog Advisory ×3
Hardest-hit cities in Mitchell County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Mitchell Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Mitchell County went about 0.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 319 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 0.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 319 customers out) · decade average 0.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 22 | 5 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 43 | 282 | 0.3 |
| 2021 | 36 | 96 | 0.3 |
| 2022 | 45 | 273 | 0.6 |
| 2023 | 60 | 295 | 0.4 |
| 2024 | 63 | 296 | 0.6 |
| 2025 | 41 | 319 | 0.6 |
Cost of power in Mitchell County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Mitchell 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.
- Prairie Land Electric Coop Inc14.8¢13,245 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 · 0.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Mitchell County: FAQ
- How often does Mitchell County, KS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Mitchell County, KS logged 41 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Mitchell County, KS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 319 customers without power, beginning August 10, 2025 and lasting about 3h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Mitchell County, KS right now?
- Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Mitchell County, KS?
- Tracked electric providers include Prairie Land Electric Coop Inc, Rolling Hills Electric Coop.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Mitchell County.
67420, 67446, 67452, 67478
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Land Electric Coop Inc | - | Live · total only | - |
| Rolling Hills Electric Coop | - | Live · total only | - |
| City of Beloit - (KS) | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Cawker City - (KS) | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Glen Elder - (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/20123 and /api/v1/counties/20123/history. Live data as of .