Power Outages in Riley County, KS
As of the latest utility report, no major power outages are reported in Riley County, KS. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.6 hours.
Riley County, KS is served by 2 tracked utilities.
No active power outages are currently reported in Riley County.
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
Riley County has been under 83 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on September 2, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×19
- Extreme Heat Warning ×17
- Special Weather Statement ×12
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×12
- Flood Advisory ×9
- Extreme Heat Watch ×8
Latest Riley County, KS outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 11m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 2,015 customers out (11% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Riley County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Manhattanno active outage
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Riley County went about 1.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 16,752 customers.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 16,752 customers out) · decade average 3.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 532 | 4,679 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 668 | 3,272 | 1.9 |
| 2017 | 641 | 2,068 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | 572 | 3,317 | 4.4 |
| 2019 | 866 | 1,767 | 1.7 |
| 2020 | 637 | 6,875 | 2.2 |
| 2021 | 654 | 15,705 | 6.5 |
| 2022 | 636 | 16,752 | 10.5 |
| 2023 | 647 | 3,943 | 2.4 |
| 2024 | 626 | 6,779 | 3.4 |
| 2025 | 610 | 2,476 | 1.6 |
What causes outages here
Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →
A reported cause is available for 6.8% of outage-time over 2 months of live data. Shares above are of the portion with a known cause.
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 3.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Riley County: FAQ
- How often does Riley County, KS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Riley County, KS logged 610 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Riley County, KS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 16,752 customers without power, beginning June 11, 2022 and lasting about 3d 1h.
- Is there a power outage in Riley County, KS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Riley County, KS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Riley County, KS?
- Tracked electric providers include EVERGY METRO, Evergy.
Manhattan. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Riley County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Riley County.
66442, 66449, 66502, 66503, 66506, 66517, 66531, 66554
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVERGY METRO | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
| Evergy | — | ODIN ✓ |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/20161 and /api/v1/counties/20161/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Kansas customers).