Power Outages in Wichita County, KS
Is there a power outage in Wichita County, KS right now? No. As of October 19, 2026 20:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Wheatland Electric Coop, Inc in Wichita County, KS.
Wichita County, KS is served by 1 tracked utility. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.1 hours.
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- https://massoutage.com/kansas/wichita-county
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- October 19, 2026 20:50 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Wichita County, KS", live data as of October 19, 2026 20:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/kansas/wichita-county
No active outages are reported by Wheatland Electric Coop, Inc in Wichita County.
Report an outage in Wichita County, KS
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Wheatland Electric Coop, Inc; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
100%of this county's ~2,014 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheatland Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 2,059 | 0.0% | - | - | - |
Wheatland Electric Coop, Inc reportsevery 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 Wichita 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 (1)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67861 | 22 | ≤11 | 18 | 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 Wichita County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Wichita County right now.
Wichita County has been under 38 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Flood Warning ×12
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×6
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×6
- Flood Watch ×5
- Dense Fog Advisory ×3
- Flood Advisory ×2
Latest Wichita County, KS outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 10m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 127 customers out (6.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 50m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 715 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,599 customers out (78% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Wichita County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Wichita County went about 5.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,004 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 5.1 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 1,924 customers out) · decade average 9.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 13 | 59 | 0.4 |
| 2020 | 174 | 1,607 | 7.0 |
| 2021 | 158 | 1,467 | 16.6 |
| 2022 | 182 | 2,004 | 12.6 |
| 2023 | 182 | 1,924 | 16.7 |
| 2024 | 181 | 1,983 | 4.3 |
| 2025 | 224 | 380 | 5.1 |
Cost of power in Wichita County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Wichita 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.
- Wheatland Electric Coop, Inc15.0¢20,109 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively Low winter weather exposure · 9.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Wichita County: FAQ
- How often does Wichita County, KS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Wichita County, KS logged 224 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Wichita County, KS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,004 customers without power, beginning July 23, 2022 and lasting about 3h.
- Is there a power outage in Wichita County, KS right now?
- No. As of October 19, 2026 20:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Wheatland Electric Coop, Inc in Wichita County, KS.
- Which utilities serve Wichita County, KS?
- Tracked electric providers include Wheatland Electric Coop, Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Wichita County.
67861, 67863
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Wichita County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Kansas →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheatland Electric Coop, Inc | 2.9 hrs | Live · county | - |
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/20203 and /api/v1/counties/20203/history.