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Power Outages in Woodson County, KS

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, 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 Toronto - (KS). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.3 hours.

Woodson County, KS is served by 5 tracked utilities.

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Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Kansas South, Inc, Evergy Metro and Heartland Rural Elec Coop, Inc publish no county-level figures.

No live feed for City of Toronto - (KS): outages in itsservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Woodson County

0.0%of this county's ~1,998 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: City of Toronto - (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 Central, Inc, Evergy Kansas South, Inc, Evergy Metro, Heartland Rural Elec Coop, Inc.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Evergy Kansas Central, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Evergy Kansas South, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Evergy MetroLive · total onlynot by county------
Heartland Rural Elec Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
City of Toronto - (KS)No live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Woodson 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.

Power-dependent
61
Oxygen service
33
Dialysis (facility)
22
Home health / hospice
33
By ZIP code (4)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
6678334≤1124≤11
6677715≤11≤11≤11
66761≤110≤110
66758≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Woodson County, KS

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Woodson County or any town and utility in it.

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  • Frost AdvisoryMINOR
Recent NWS alert activity · Woodson County

Woodson County has been under 5 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 17, 2026.

  • Flood Watch ×4
  • Frost Advisory ×1

Latest Woodson County, KS outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 10m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 137 customers out (7.2% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 29m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 137 customers out (7.2% of the county)

Outage trend · Woodson County, KS
0customers out
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Woodson County, KS: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 0 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.30.50.81Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Woodson County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

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Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Woodson County went about 6.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,600 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 6.3 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Woodson County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 2.9h, 2016 2.7h, 2017 2.8h, 2018 10.9h, 2019 3.1h, 2020 1.9h, 2021 2.6h, 2022 3.8h, 2023 13.6h, 2024 2.9h, 2025 6.3h. Highlighted: 2023.0510152.9h20152.7h20162.8h201710.9h20183.1h20191.9h20202.6h20213.8h202213.6h20232.9h20246.3h2025
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Worst year here was 2023 (peak 1,222 customers out) · decade average 4.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20151611,3722.9
20161737832.7
20171934602.8
20181741,25110.9
20193624043.1
20201472881.9
20211701,6002.6
20221891,3673.8
20231651,22213.6
20241801,2312.9
20251891,4876.3

Cost of power in Woodson County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Woodson 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.

14.2¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 17% since 2015
vs Kansas avg 15.3¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
April 22, 20211,60030m
January 28, 20251,48745m
December 28, 20151,37216h 30m
February 17, 20221,36715m
March 19, 20181,2516h 15m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
MODERATE

Relatively Low ice storms exposure · 4.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

HurricaneNo Rating
TornadoRelatively Low
Ice stormRelatively Low
Strong windRelatively Low
WildfireRelatively Low

FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.

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Power outages in Woodson County: FAQ

How often does Woodson County, KS lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Woodson County, KS logged 189 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Woodson County, KS?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,600 customers without power, beginning April 22, 2021 and lasting about 30m.
Is there a power outage in Woodson County, KS right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Woodson County, KS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Woodson County, KS?
Tracked electric providers include Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Metro, Heartland Rural Elec Coop, Inc.
Nearby counties
Allen CountyAnderson CountyCoffey CountyGreenwood County
ZIP codes in Woodson County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Woodson County.

66758, 66761, 66783

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Evergy Metro2.6 hrsLive · total only-
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc2.1 hrsLive · total only
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Evergy Kansas South, Inc4.1 hrsLive · total only-
Heartland Rural Elec Coop, Inc-Live · total only-
City of Toronto - (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/20207 and /api/v1/counties/20207/history.