Power Outages in Ballard County, KY
No live outage feed is available for Ballard County, KY yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 9.2 hours.
Ballard County, KY is served by local tracked utilities.
Ballard County's utilities do not report live data to ODIN, so real-time outage counts aren't available here. The historical record below is complete.
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
Ballard County has been under 6 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×3
- Flood Watch ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Ballard County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Ballard County went about 9.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,358 customers.
Worst year here was 2019 (peak 2,558 customers out) · decade average 5.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 73 | 116 | 0.2 |
| 2016 | 83 | 443 | 1.6 |
| 2017 | 88 | 538 | 1.0 |
| 2018 | 217 | 3,358 | 11.6 |
| 2019 | 257 | 2,558 | 15.4 |
| 2020 | 288 | 574 | 3.0 |
| 2021 | 245 | 1,437 | 3.1 |
| 2022 | 330 | 1,447 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 197 | 724 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 251 | 2,750 | 7.9 |
| 2025 | 350 | 1,216 | 9.2 |
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 5.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Ballard County: FAQ
- How often does Ballard County, KY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Ballard County, KY logged 350 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 9.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Ballard County, KY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,358 customers without power, beginning June 29, 2018 and lasting about 3d 21h.
- Is there a power outage in Ballard County, KY right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Ballard County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Ballard County.
42022, 42024, 42053, 42056, 42060, 42087
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/21007 and /api/v1/counties/21007/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Kentucky customers).