Power Outages in Union County, KY
No live outage feed is available for Union County, KY yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 30.6 hours.
Union County, KY is served by local tracked utilities.
Union 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.
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
Union County has been under 4 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 18, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×2
- Heat Advisory ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Union County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Union County went about 30.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,876 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 3,876 customers out) · decade average 6.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 194 | 1,797 | 1.1 |
| 2016 | 285 | 1,931 | 3.8 |
| 2017 | 371 | 739 | 1.4 |
| 2018 | 365 | 3,829 | 12.3 |
| 2019 | 429 | 1,913 | 2.9 |
| 2020 | 321 | 503 | 1.0 |
| 2021 | 339 | 981 | 2.9 |
| 2022 | 410 | 1,939 | 4.9 |
| 2023 | 500 | 1,845 | 7.9 |
| 2024 | 449 | 1,988 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 389 | 3,876 | 30.6 |
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 6.7 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 Union County: FAQ
- How often does Union County, KY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Union County, KY logged 389 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 30.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Union County, KY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,876 customers without power, beginning May 17, 2025 and lasting about 2d 2h.
- Is there a power outage in Union County, KY right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Union County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Union County.
42437, 42459, 42461, 42462
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/21225 and /api/v1/counties/21225/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Kentucky customers).