Power Outages in Knox County, KY
No live outage feed is available for Knox County, KY yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 10.9 hours.
Knox County, KY is served by local tracked utilities.
Knox 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 Knox County right now.
Knox County has been under 9 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 17, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×5
- Flood Advisory ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Knox County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Knox County went about 10.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,744 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 5,744 customers out) · decade average 5.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 182 | 911 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | 235 | 2,295 | 1.0 |
| 2017 | 200 | 507 | 0.3 |
| 2018 | 234 | 1,229 | 0.7 |
| 2019 | 627 | 1,526 | 2.2 |
| 2020 | 566 | 5,744 | 15.2 |
| 2021 | 566 | 4,005 | 3.9 |
| 2022 | 624 | 2,521 | 5.9 |
| 2023 | 554 | 2,610 | 5.5 |
| 2024 | 583 | 3,263 | 8.8 |
| 2025 | 536 | 4,227 | 10.9 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 5.0 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 Knox County: FAQ
- How often does Knox County, KY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Knox County, KY logged 536 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 10.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Knox County, KY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,744 customers without power, beginning April 12, 2020 and lasting about 5d 23h.
- Is there a power outage in Knox County, KY right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Knox County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Knox County.
40734, 40771, 40903, 40906, 40915, 40921, 40923, 40935, 40943, 40946, 40949, 40953, 40982, 40995, 40997
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/21121 and /api/v1/counties/21121/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Kentucky customers).