Power Outages in Polk County, MO
Is there a power outage in Polk County, MO right now? None reported. As of October 20, 2026 01:45 UTC, no outages are reported by Southwest Electric Coop, Inc, Sac-Osage Electric Coop Inc, Ozark Electric Coop Inc - (MO) and Webster Electric Coop in Polk County, MO. There is no live feed for Empire District Electric Co.
Polk County, MO is served by 5 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.1 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/missouri/polk-county
- As of
- October 20, 2026 01:45 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Polk County, MO", live data as of October 20, 2026 01:45 UTC. https://massoutage.com/missouri/polk-county
No active outages are reported by Southwest Electric Coop, Inc, Sac-Osage Electric Coop Inc, Ozark Electric Coop Inc - (MO) and Webster Electric Coop in Polk County.
No live feed for Empire District Electric Co: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
Report an outage in Polk County, MO
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Empire District Electric Co, Southwest Electric Coop, Inc, Ozark Electric Coop Inc - (MO) and Sac-Osage Electric Coop Inc; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
36%of this county's ~26,960 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.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 9,541 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Sac-Osage Electric Coop Inc | Live · county | 0 | 54 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Ozark Electric Coop Inc - (MO) | Live · county | 0 | 39 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Webster Electric Coop | Live · county | 0 | 10 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Empire District Electric Co | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Southwest Electric Coop, Inc, Sac-Osage Electric Coop Inc, Ozark Electric Coop Inc - (MO) and Webster Electric Coop reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Polk 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 (10)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65613 | 280 | ≤11 | 231 | ≤11 |
| 65674 | 49 | ≤11 | 41 | 0 |
| 65650 | 40 | 0 | 34 | ≤11 |
| 65725 | 39 | ≤11 | 31 | ≤11 |
| 65617 | 36 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 65663 | 24 | ≤11 | 21 | 0 |
| 65710 | 14 | ≤11 | 13 | 0 |
| 65640 | 13 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 65727 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 65601 | ≤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 Polk County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Polk County right now.
Polk 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 Polk County, MO outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4h
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 303 customers out (1.1% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Polk County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Polk County went about 4.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,377 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 4.1 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 3,342 customers out) · decade average 2.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 20 | 3,258 | 0.3 |
| 2016 | 57 | 2,170 | 1.1 |
| 2017 | 428 | 3,257 | 3.4 |
| 2018 | 403 | 3,335 | 3.7 |
| 2019 | 281 | 866 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | 453 | 1,174 | 2.1 |
| 2021 | 355 | 3,342 | 6.0 |
| 2022 | 537 | 3,377 | 2.0 |
| 2023 | 549 | 940 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 363 | 1,888 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 571 | 2,131 | 4.1 |
Cost of power in Polk County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Polk 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
- Ozark Electric Coop Inc - (MO)15.6¢31,915 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 2.9 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 Polk County: FAQ
- How often does Polk County, MO lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Polk County, MO logged 571 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Polk County, MO?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,377 customers without power, beginning March 20, 2022 and lasting about 2h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Polk County, MO right now?
- None reported. As of October 20, 2026 01:45 UTC, no outages are reported by Southwest Electric Coop, Inc, Sac-Osage Electric Coop Inc, Ozark Electric Coop Inc - (MO) and Webster Electric Coop in Polk County, MO. There is no live feed for Empire District Electric Co.
- Which utilities serve Polk County, MO?
- Tracked electric providers include Sac-Osage Electric Coop Inc, Southwest Electric Coop, Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Polk County.
65601, 65613, 65617, 65640, 65649, 65663, 65674, 65710, 65725, 65727
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Polk County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Missouri →
| 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 · county | - |
| Ozark Electric Coop Inc - (MO) | - | Live · county | - |
| Sac-Osage Electric Coop Inc | - | Live · county | - |
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/29167 and /api/v1/counties/29167/history.