Power Outages in Owsley County, KY
No live outage feed is available for Owsley County, KY yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 22.6 hours.
Owsley County, KY is served by local tracked utilities.
Owsley 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 Owsley County right now.
Owsley County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 18, 2026.
- Flood Advisory ×5
- Flood Watch ×5
- Special Weather Statement ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Owsley County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Owsley County went about 22.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,443 customers.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 2,443 customers out) · decade average 15.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 10 | 0.2 |
| 2016 | 5 | 11 | 0.1 |
| 2017 | 7 | 22 | 0.4 |
| 2018 | 7 | 16 | 0.2 |
| 2019 | 69 | 1,013 | 2.2 |
| 2020 | 90 | 394 | 8.1 |
| 2021 | 216 | 2,443 | 63.5 |
| 2022 | 233 | 1,218 | 17.9 |
| 2023 | 207 | 2,220 | 31.5 |
| 2024 | 199 | 1,316 | 18.0 |
| 2025 | 243 | 1,080 | 22.6 |
Relatively Low high winds exposure · 15.0 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 Owsley County: FAQ
- How often does Owsley County, KY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Owsley County, KY logged 243 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 22.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Owsley County, KY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,443 customers without power, beginning February 15, 2021 and lasting about 10d 5h.
- Is there a power outage in Owsley County, KY right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Owsley County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Owsley County.
40983, 41314, 41351, 41364, 41386
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/21189 and /api/v1/counties/21189/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Kentucky customers).