Power Outages in Knott County, KY
No live outage feed is available for Knott County, KY yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 21.7 hours.
Knott County, KY is served by local tracked utilities.
Knott 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 Knott County right now.
Knott County has been under 9 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 18, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×5
- Special Weather Statement ×4
Hardest-hit cities in Knott County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Knott County went about 21.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 7,346 customers.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 5,965 customers out) · decade average 31.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 277 | 1,893 | 17.1 |
| 2016 | 292 | 1,921 | 16.3 |
| 2017 | 290 | 1,914 | 12.8 |
| 2018 | 435 | 1,097 | 16.4 |
| 2019 | 421 | 2,506 | 19.4 |
| 2020 | 423 | 7,346 | 81.6 |
| 2021 | 405 | 3,088 | 24.2 |
| 2022 | 436 | 5,965 | 92.2 |
| 2023 | 398 | 2,426 | 18.1 |
| 2024 | 444 | 2,585 | 29.2 |
| 2025 | 420 | 2,346 | 21.7 |
Relatively Low high winds exposure · 31.7 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 Knott County: FAQ
- How often does Knott County, KY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Knott County, KY logged 420 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 21.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Knott County, KY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 7,346 customers without power, beginning April 13, 2020 and lasting about 7d 23h.
- Is there a power outage in Knott County, KY right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Knott County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Knott County.
41640, 41643, 41722, 41725, 41740, 41759, 41772, 41773, 41817, 41822, 41828, 41831, 41834, 41836, 41839, 41843, 41844, 41847, 41859, 41861, 41862
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/21119 and /api/v1/counties/21119/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Kentucky customers).