2016 Kansas Power Outage Report
In 2016, the average Kansas customer went without power for about 2.0 hours, the 32nd worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
2.0
vs prior year
▼ 10%
vs 2015
Customer-hours out
2.8M
Peak customers out
28,736
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of KS customers
Counties reporting
78
Kansas year over year
All 78 Kansas counties, 2016
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rice County | 18.1 | 48K | 2,664 | 2,664 | 561 |
| 2 | Morris County | 13.4 | 17K | 1,258 | 1,258 | 146 |
| 3 | Greenwood County | 11.9 | 53K | 4,461 | 2,899 | 416 |
| 4 | Ottawa County | 9.4 | 13K | 1,406 | 1,406 | 126 |
| 5 | Wabaunsee County | 8.0 | 13K | 1,633 | 1,198 | 150 |
| 6 | Ellis County | 7.9 | 140K | 17,869 | 9,333 | 282 |
| 7 | Harvey County | 7.6 | 51K | 6,745 | 6,745 | 623 |
| 8 | Wyandotte County | 6.6 | 225K | 34,391 | 9,628 | 1,124 |
| 9 | Elk County | 5.9 | 9,069 | 1,533 | 1,153 | 122 |
| 10 | Edwards County | 5.4 | 11K | 2,025 | 1,611 | 103 |
| 11 | Logan County | 4.8 | 10K | 2,091 | 1,309 | 118 |
| 12 | Brown County | 4.3 | 22K | 5,077 | 2,647 | 157 |
| 13 | Dickinson County | 3.7 | 15K | 4,008 | 3,084 | 319 |
| 14 | Marshall County | 3.7 | 15K | 4,214 | 3,919 | 191 |
| 15 | Stafford County | 3.6 | 6,006 | 1,665 | 453 | 193 |
| 16 | Sheridan County | 3.4 | 5,669 | 1,648 | 1,648 | 82 |
| 17 | Saline County | 3.3 | 49K | 14,835 | 3,246 | 717 |
| 18 | Chase County | 3.3 | 2,309 | 699 | 328 | 75 |
| 19 | Cherokee County | 3.2 | 9,676 | 2,982 | 2,473 | 66 |
| 20 | Bourbon County | 3.0 | 36K | 12,147 | 3,060 | 334 |
| 21 | Osage County | 2.8 | 30K | 10,783 | 2,387 | 270 |
| 22 | Woodson County | 2.7 | 5,071 | 1,911 | 783 | 173 |
| 23 | Labette County | 2.6 | 30K | 11,654 | 2,195 | 339 |
| 24 | Rush County | 2.5 | 3,560 | 1,399 | 331 | 124 |
| 25 | Marion County | 2.5 | 18K | 7,056 | 862 | 229 |
| 26 | Pawnee County | 2.5 | 15K | 5,884 | 1,294 | 189 |
| 27 | Geary County | 2.5 | 22K | 8,978 | 3,681 | 378 |
| 28 | Lyon County | 2.4 | 24K | 9,811 | 3,440 | 525 |
| 29 | Decatur County | 2.3 | 5,434 | 2,329 | 668 | 25 |
| 30 | Sherman County | 2.3 | 13K | 5,649 | 846 | 183 |
| 31 | Sedgwick County | 2.3 | 585K | 255,977 | 7,991 | 883 |
| 32 | Russell County | 2.2 | 13K | 5,948 | 778 | 114 |
| 33 | Linn County | 2.2 | 17K | 7,723 | 3,677 | 179 |
| 34 | Lincoln County | 2.2 | 1,837 | 848 | 282 | 24 |
| 35 | Riley County | 1.9 | 34K | 18,190 | 3,272 | 668 |
| 36 | Leavenworth County | 1.7 | 70K | 40,824 | 3,835 | 794 |
| 37 | Johnson County | 1.7 | 506K | 296,663 | 13,325 | 850 |
| 38 | Shawnee County | 1.6 | 160K | 101,321 | 5,221 | 1,078 |
| 39 | Butler County | 1.5 | 59K | 40,152 | 1,421 | 823 |
| 40 | Thomas County | 1.4 | 11K | 7,359 | 869 | 169 |
| 41 | Gove County | 1.4 | 1,772 | 1,234 | 533 | 31 |
| 42 | Reno County | 1.4 | 51K | 35,754 | 2,492 | 884 |
| 43 | Sumner County | 1.4 | 12K | 8,773 | 1,116 | 160 |
| 44 | Miami County | 1.4 | 28K | 20,608 | 1,751 | 427 |
| 45 | Wallace County | 1.3 | 1,926 | 1,427 | 190 | 67 |
| 46 | Montgomery County | 1.3 | 32K | 23,498 | 2,361 | 592 |
| 47 | Douglas County | 1.3 | 90K | 68,914 | 2,201 | 919 |
| 48 | Ness County | 1.3 | 1,707 | 1,309 | 272 | 51 |
| 49 | Barton County | 1.3 | 18K | 14,147 | 1,331 | 277 |
| 50 | Jefferson County | 1.2 | 13K | 10,486 | 1,798 | 292 |
| 51 | Atchison County | 1.2 | 10K | 8,677 | 1,111 | 272 |
| 52 | Rawlins County | 1.1 | 2,192 | 2,008 | 606 | 36 |
| 53 | Hodgeman County | 1.1 | 1,038 | 965 | 129 | 73 |
| 54 | Franklin County | 1.0 | 22K | 20,702 | 2,816 | 318 |
| 55 | Cowley County | 1.0 | 21K | 21,126 | 1,883 | 527 |
| 56 | Doniphan County | 1.0 | 3,696 | 3,810 | 647 | 113 |
| 57 | Pottawatomie County | 0.9 | 9,191 | 9,791 | 870 | 267 |
| 58 | Allen County | 0.9 | 12K | 13,025 | 1,131 | 203 |
| 59 | Jackson County | 0.9 | 5,801 | 6,676 | 973 | 182 |
| 60 | Washington County | 0.9 | 2,130 | 2,452 | 461 | 25 |
| 61 | Anderson County | 0.9 | 5,468 | 6,426 | 549 | 162 |
| 62 | Crawford County | 0.8 | 27K | 34,108 | 2,637 | 635 |
| 63 | Wilson County | 0.7 | 5,075 | 7,232 | 402 | 128 |
| 64 | Cloud County | 0.7 | 2,273 | 3,413 | 422 | 18 |
| 65 | Cheyenne County | 0.7 | 1,433 | 2,177 | 181 | 22 |
| 66 | Rooks County | 0.6 | 1,655 | 2,677 | 54 | 8 |
| 67 | Coffey County | 0.6 | 4,422 | 7,173 | 904 | 201 |
| 68 | Graham County | 0.6 | 892 | 1,587 | 231 | 17 |
| 69 | Trego County | 0.5 | 848 | 1,597 | 244 | 39 |
| 70 | Nemaha County | 0.5 | 3,505 | 7,024 | 578 | 96 |
| 71 | Clay County | 0.5 | 2,731 | 5,867 | 522 | 107 |
| 72 | Kingman County | 0.4 | 1,849 | 4,799 | 305 | 48 |
| 73 | McPherson County | 0.2 | 5,393 | 22,878 | 1,533 | 144 |
| 74 | Neosho County | 0.2 | 2,532 | 13,984 | 1,017 | 67 |
| 75 | Pratt County | 0.1 | 459 | 8,329 | 520 | 9 |
| 76 | Ellsworth County | 0.0 | 62 | 1,473 | 12 | 21 |
| 77 | Norton County | 0.0 | 157 | 4,238 | 22 | 10 |
| 78 | Osborne County | 0.0 | 2 | 1,752 | 1 | 1 |
Biggest Kansas outages of 2016
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnson County, KS | July 7, 2016 06:45 | July 10, 2016 20:15 | 3d 13h | 13,325 | 86K |
| 2 | Wyandotte County, KS | May 26, 2016 05:45 | May 29, 2016 05:45 | 3d | 9,628 | 57K |
| 3 | Ellis County, KS | December 8, 2016 08:45 | December 8, 2016 12:30 | 3h 45m | 9,333 | 10K |
| 4 | Johnson County, KS | February 8, 2016 13:30 | February 9, 2016 02:30 | 13h | 9,134 | 5,514 |
| 5 | Sedgwick County, KS | July 5, 2016 12:00 | July 7, 2016 09:45 | 1d 21h | 7,991 | 34K |
| 6 | Johnson County, KS | May 26, 2016 04:30 | May 29, 2016 10:00 | 3d 5h | 7,609 | 54K |
| 7 | Wyandotte County, KS | July 7, 2016 09:45 | July 8, 2016 07:30 | 21h 45m | 7,360 | 23K |
| 8 | Wyandotte County, KS | February 19, 2016 00:15 | February 19, 2016 06:00 | 5h 45m | 7,059 | 6,804 |
| 9 | Sedgwick County, KS | August 8, 2016 01:00 | August 9, 2016 04:30 | 1d 3h | 7,050 | 31K |
| 10 | Ellis County, KS | February 2, 2016 15:45 | February 3, 2016 20:45 | 1d 5h | 7,021 | 15K |
| 11 | Harvey County, KS | June 15, 2016 20:15 | June 17, 2016 03:15 | 1d 7h | 6,745 | 18K |
| 12 | Sedgwick County, KS | October 6, 2016 09:30 | October 8, 2016 05:30 | 1d 20h | 6,395 | 14K |
| 13 | Johnson County, KS | July 12, 2016 08:30 | July 13, 2016 05:45 | 21h 15m | 6,064 | 16K |
| 14 | Ellis County, KS | July 13, 2016 10:45 | July 15, 2016 20:15 | 2d 9h | 5,959 | 62K |
| 15 | Sedgwick County, KS | October 4, 2016 07:45 | October 6, 2016 08:45 | 2d 1h | 5,803 | 35K |
| 16 | Ellis County, KS | June 5, 2016 02:15 | June 7, 2016 14:15 | 2d 12h | 5,632 | 1,642 |
| 17 | Shawnee County, KS | July 7, 2016 09:30 | July 8, 2016 19:00 | 1d 9h | 5,221 | 40K |
| 18 | Sedgwick County, KS | May 5, 2016 21:15 | May 6, 2016 20:00 | 22h 45m | 5,171 | 5,727 |
| 19 | Johnson County, KS | August 26, 2016 06:30 | August 28, 2016 09:30 | 2d 3h | 4,765 | 31K |
| 20 | Ellis County, KS | December 8, 2016 21:15 | December 8, 2016 23:15 | 2h | 4,728 | 3,339 |
| 21 | Johnson County, KS | August 24, 2016 05:45 | August 26, 2016 01:00 | 1d 19h | 4,568 | 21K |
| 22 | Sedgwick County, KS | July 28, 2016 11:30 | July 31, 2016 01:15 | 2d 13h | 4,457 | 29K |
| 23 | Sedgwick County, KS | July 2, 2016 05:00 | July 4, 2016 08:45 | 2d 3h | 4,284 | 31K |
| 24 | Sedgwick County, KS | May 8, 2016 12:45 | May 9, 2016 08:30 | 19h 45m | 4,244 | 11K |
| 25 | Sedgwick County, KS | June 15, 2016 13:30 | June 20, 2016 23:15 | 5d 9h | 4,081 | 40K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Kansas's electricity customers in 2016; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.