Power Outages in Bell County, KY
No live outage feed is available for Bell County, KY yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 9.9 hours.
Bell County, KY is served by local tracked utilities.
Bell 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.
No active NWS alerts for Bell County right now.
Bell County has been under 6 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 17, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×5
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Bell County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Bell County went about 9.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 7,312 customers.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 3,773 customers out) · decade average 7.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 466 | 3,873 | 2.9 |
| 2016 | 562 | 4,710 | 5.8 |
| 2017 | 552 | 2,718 | 3.3 |
| 2018 | 559 | 3,858 | 4.5 |
| 2019 | 673 | 2,312 | 4.7 |
| 2020 | 595 | 3,794 | 9.1 |
| 2021 | 592 | 4,899 | 8.9 |
| 2022 | 583 | 2,862 | 7.4 |
| 2023 | 593 | 2,860 | 8.7 |
| 2024 | 650 | 3,773 | 13.0 |
| 2025 | 658 | 7,312 | 9.9 |
Relatively Moderate winter weather exposure · 7.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Bell County: FAQ
- How often does Bell County, KY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Bell County, KY logged 658 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 9.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Bell County, KY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 7,312 customers without power, beginning November 12, 2025 and lasting about 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Bell County, KY right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Bell County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Bell County.
40813, 40845, 40856, 40902, 40913, 40939, 40940, 40958, 40965, 40977, 40988
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/21013 and /api/v1/counties/21013/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Kentucky customers).