Power Outages in Powell County, KY
No live outage feed is available for Powell County, KY yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 14.2 hours.
Powell County, KY is served by local tracked utilities.
Powell 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 Powell County right now.
Powell 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 Powell County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Powell County went about 14.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,632 customers.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 5,632 customers out) · decade average 8.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 113 | 403 | 0.4 |
| 2016 | 288 | 1,085 | 1.7 |
| 2017 | 233 | 3,193 | 1.8 |
| 2018 | 232 | 1,845 | 7.4 |
| 2019 | 561 | 2,282 | 2.2 |
| 2020 | 298 | 721 | 2.0 |
| 2021 | 261 | 2,407 | 17.6 |
| 2022 | 305 | 1,259 | 5.2 |
| 2023 | 331 | 5,544 | 7.7 |
| 2024 | 470 | 5,632 | 27.3 |
| 2025 | 514 | 2,566 | 14.2 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 8.0 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 Powell County: FAQ
- How often does Powell County, KY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Powell County, KY logged 514 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 14.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Powell County, KY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,632 customers without power, beginning September 27, 2024 and lasting about 1d 12h.
- Is there a power outage in Powell County, KY right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Powell County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Powell County.
40312, 40376, 40380
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/21197 and /api/v1/counties/21197/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Kentucky customers).