Power Outages in Jackson County, KY
No live outage feed is available for Jackson 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.
Jackson County, KY is served by local tracked utilities.
Jackson 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 Jackson County right now.
Jackson County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 18, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×5
- Special Weather Statement ×4
- Flood Advisory ×3
Hardest-hit cities in Jackson County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Jackson County went about 9.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 6,894 customers.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 5,910 customers out) · decade average 10.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 38 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 4 | 19 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 10 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 487 | 766 | 1.8 |
| 2020 | 138 | 1,547 | 2.0 |
| 2021 | 401 | 5,910 | 62.3 |
| 2022 | 498 | 1,165 | 6.3 |
| 2023 | 399 | 6,894 | 19.9 |
| 2024 | 420 | 1,742 | 9.7 |
| 2025 | 422 | 1,422 | 9.2 |
Relatively Low high winds exposure · 10.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Jackson County: FAQ
- How often does Jackson County, KY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Jackson County, KY logged 422 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 9.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Jackson County, KY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 6,894 customers without power, beginning April 11, 2023 and lasting about 3h.
- Is there a power outage in Jackson County, KY right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Jackson County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Jackson County.
40402, 40434, 40447, 40481, 40486
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/21109 and /api/v1/counties/21109/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Kentucky customers).