Outage Almanac

Kansas power outages

94 counties with outage records. Pick one to see its history.

Kansas averaged 0.47 times the US outage time per person

That ranks 37 of 50 states and DC, where 1 has the most. July and June made up 44% of outage time. Records run from 2015 to 2023, and some counties start later.

Pawnee County had the most outage time per resident of 59 rated counties.

Counties ranked by outage time

RankCountyMajor outages per yearLongest (hours)Times US rate
1Pawnee County0.6921.68
2Barton County0.9881.17
3Rice County0.6501.02
4Wyandotte County3.8941.01
5Linn County0.9331.00
6Ottawa County0.7170.92
7Morris County0.2220.86
8Ellis County1.0780.82
9Wabaunsee County0.6250.78
10Russell County0.4540.68
10Thomas County0.3610.68
12Bourbon County0.7300.67
12Franklin County0.9380.67
14Osage County0.8300.63
15Jefferson County1.0290.62
15Miami County1.1790.62
17Anderson County0.3330.60
18Johnson County2.21040.57
19Marshall County0.2360.53
20Brown County0.3240.52
21Saline County0.8700.51
22Shawnee County2.3710.48
23Reno County0.7730.46
24Marion County0.6320.43
25Doniphan County0.3280.42
26Sherman County0.2200.38
27Atchison County0.7200.35
28Coffey County0.2130.33
28Douglas County1.8500.33
30Leavenworth County1.3520.32
31Butler County1.1700.31
32Dickinson County0.2480.30
33Lyon County0.4220.29
34Cherokee County0.1130.28
34Harvey County0.7280.28
34Riley County0.7460.28
37Geary County0.3440.26
37Labette County0.3110.26
39Washington County0.1220.25
40Sedgwick County1.1390.22
41Crawford County0.7200.18
42Cowley County0.6160.17
42Kingman County0.1140.17
42Montgomery County0.190.17
42Pottawatomie County0.190.17
46Norton County0.1130.16
47Allen County0.4260.15
48Cloud County0.1140.13
49McPherson County0.1360.10
50Finney County0.2110.07
50Nemaha County0.0None0.07
50Sumner County0.0None0.07
53Wilson County0.0None0.06
54Mitchell County0.0None0.05
54Neosho County0.0None0.05
56Ellsworth County0.0None0.04
56Gray County0.0None0.04
58Harper County0.0None0.03
59Pratt County0.0None0.01

Rank uses outage time per resident. Times US rate compares each county with the national average.

When outages hit Kansas

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These counties have short histories, very small populations, or customer counts that look too high for the population.