Power Outages in Lincoln County, KY
No live outage feed is available for Lincoln County, KY yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.4 hours.
Lincoln County, KY is served by local tracked utilities.
Lincoln 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 Lincoln County right now.
Lincoln County has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 18, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×6
- Special Weather Statement ×6
- Flood Advisory ×3
- Flash Flood Warning ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Lincoln County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Lincoln County went about 5.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,945 customers.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 5,945 customers out) · decade average 5.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 93 | 3,122 | 1.4 |
| 2016 | 96 | 1,293 | 0.4 |
| 2017 | 111 | 639 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | 135 | 805 | 0.5 |
| 2019 | 502 | 2,174 | 1.5 |
| 2020 | 396 | 3,161 | 3.2 |
| 2021 | 355 | 5,945 | 20.6 |
| 2022 | 433 | 4,067 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 359 | 5,444 | 14.9 |
| 2024 | 451 | 1,841 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 472 | 4,930 | 5.4 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 5.1 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 Lincoln County: FAQ
- How often does Lincoln County, KY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Lincoln County, KY logged 472 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Lincoln County, KY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,945 customers without power, beginning February 15, 2021 and lasting about 5d 16h.
- Is there a power outage in Lincoln County, KY right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Lincoln County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Lincoln County.
40419, 40442, 40448, 40484, 40489
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/21137 and /api/v1/counties/21137/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Kentucky customers).