Power Outages in Hickory County, MO
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Hickory County, MO across 1 reported incident. Sac-Osage Electric Coop Inc and Southwest Electric Coop, Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Empire District Electric Co, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 17.1 hours.
Hickory County, MO is served by 3 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/missouri/hickory-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Hickory County, MO", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/missouri/hickory-county
Not counted: no live feed for Empire District Electric Co.
0.0%of this county's ~6,918 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Empire District Electric Co. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Sac-Osage Electric Coop Inc, Southwest Electric Coop, Inc.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sac-Osage Electric Coop Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Southwest Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Empire District Electric Co | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Hickory 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 (7)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65779 | 48 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| 65668 | 40 | ≤11 | 32 | ≤11 |
| 65724 | 26 | ≤11 | 26 | 0 |
| 65732 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 65774 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 65634 | 15 | ≤11 | 14 | 0 |
| 65735 | ≤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 Hickory County or any town and utility in it.
- Flood WatchSEVERE
Hickory County has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flood Watch on October 14, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×13
- Flood Watch ×3
Latest Hickory County, MO outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 6h 55m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 104 customers out (1.5% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Hickory County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Hickory Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Hickory County went about 17.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,944 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 2025 (peak 1,819 customers out) · decade average 7.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | 1,796 | 0.2 |
| 2016 | 7 | 573 | 0.3 |
| 2017 | 288 | 1,944 | 6.9 |
| 2018 | 252 | 1,881 | 8.0 |
| 2019 | 247 | 1,654 | 5.7 |
| 2020 | 288 | 1,893 | 8.5 |
| 2021 | 218 | 1,919 | 9.0 |
| 2022 | 318 | 1,426 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 409 | 1,924 | 11.7 |
| 2024 | 195 | 1,286 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 375 | 1,819 | 17.1 |
Cost of power in Hickory County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Hickory 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.
- Empire District Electric Co14.8¢144,059 cust
- Southwest Electric Coop, Inc12.3¢41,670 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 High ice storms exposure · 7.4 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 Hickory County: FAQ
- How often does Hickory County, MO lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Hickory County, MO logged 375 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 17.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Hickory County, MO?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,944 customers without power, beginning March 7, 2017 and lasting about 13h 45m.
- Is there a power outage in Hickory County, MO right now?
- Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Hickory County, MO?
- Tracked electric providers include Southwest Electric Coop, Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Hickory County.
65634, 65650, 65668, 65724, 65732, 65735, 65774, 65779
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Empire District Electric Co | 2.8 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Southwest Electric Coop, Inc | 5.9 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Sac-Osage Electric Coop Inc | - | Live · total only | - |
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/29085 and /api/v1/counties/29085/history. Live data as of .