Power Outages in Dent County, MO
Black River Electric Coop - (MO), Crawford Electric Coop, Inc and Intercounty Electric Coop Assn - (MO) publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Salem - (MO). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 17.1 hours.
Dent County, MO is served by 4 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
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- https://massoutage.com/missouri/dent-county
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- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Dent County, MO". https://massoutage.com/missouri/dent-county
Black River Electric Coop - (MO), Crawford Electric Coop, Inc and Intercounty Electric Coop Assn - (MO) publish no county-level figures.
No live feed for City of Salem - (MO): outages in itsservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~9,691 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Salem - (MO). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Black River Electric Coop - (MO), Crawford Electric Coop, Inc, Intercounty Electric Coop Assn - (MO).
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black River Electric Coop - (MO) | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Crawford Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Intercounty Electric Coop Assn - (MO) | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Salem - (MO) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Dent Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (4)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65560 | 283 | ≤11 | 250 | ≤11 |
| 65541 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 65501 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 65440 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Dent County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Dent County right now.
Dent County has been under 11 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Heat Advisory on September 20, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×11
Latest Dent County, MO outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 55m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 204 customers out (3.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 25m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 186 customers out (3.9% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Dent County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Dent County went about 17.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,834 customers.
The US EIA reports Missouri utilities averaged 6.3 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 17.1 hrs.
Worst year here was 2017 (peak 2,960 customers out) · decade average 8.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 221 | 2,960 | 25.3 |
| 2018 | 133 | 560 | 2.0 |
| 2019 | 351 | 1,227 | 8.5 |
| 2020 | 237 | 650 | 2.8 |
| 2021 | 243 | 410 | 2.4 |
| 2022 | 276 | 2,503 | 6.3 |
| 2023 | 315 | 3,834 | 18.0 |
| 2024 | 279 | 837 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 316 | 1,661 | 17.1 |
Cost of power in Dent County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Dent County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Intercounty Electric Coop Assn - (MO)13.0¢30,009 cust
- Black River Electric Coop - (MO)13.6¢21,606 cust
- Crawford Electric Coop, Inc13.2¢19,861 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 8.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Dent County: FAQ
- How often does Dent County, MO lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Dent County, MO logged 316 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 17.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Dent County, MO?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,834 customers without power, beginning January 25, 2023 and lasting about 3d 13h.
- Is there a power outage in Dent County, MO right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Dent County, MO. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Dent County, MO?
- Tracked electric providers include Black River Electric Coop - (MO), Intercounty Electric Coop Assn - (MO).
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Dent County.
65440, 65501, 65541, 65560
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black River Electric Coop - (MO) | 48.5 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Intercounty Electric Coop Assn - (MO) | 11.8 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Crawford Electric Coop, Inc | 6.0 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| City of Salem - (MO) | - | No live feed | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Missouri customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/29065 and /api/v1/counties/29065/history.