Power outages in Bourbon County, KS
Live outage counts for Fort Scott, Bronson and Uniontown and the rest of Bourbon County, updated every 10 minutes from Evergy.
Right now
No outages reported
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Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.0customers without power
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A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.Evergy0 / 6,238
City of Bronsonno live feedAlso serves this county, per federal utility records. Check its own outage map.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Heartland Rural Elec Coop, Incno live feedAlso serves this county, per federal utility records. Check its own outage map.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Outage map
County outlineEvergy publishes totals only, not outage locations.
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Some utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.Outages by ZIP code
0 of 7 ZIP codes have outages| ZIP | Area | Out | CustomersiA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way. | % outiCustomers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area. |
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| 66701 | Fort Scott / Devon | 0 | 5,561 | 0.00% |
| 66716 | Bronson | 0 | 17 | 0.00% |
| 66738 | Fulton | 0 | 119 | 0.00% |
| 66741 | Garland | 0 | 113 | 0.00% |
| 66754 | Mapleton | 0 | 77 | 0.00% |
| 66769 | Redfield | 0 | 108 | 0.00% |
| 66779 | Uniontown | 0 | 262 | 0.00% |
Cities and towns
Utility counts by mailing cityi
Utilities group outages by the city in each customer's mailing address. A city's count can include nearby areas outside its city limits, and only covers that utility's customers.| City | Out | CustomersiA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way. | % outiCustomers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area. |
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| Fort Scott | 0 | 4,032 | 0.00% |
| Bronson | 0 | 1 | 0.00% |
| Uniontown | 0 | 152 | 0.00% |
| Fulton | 0 | 88 | 0.00% |
| Mapleton | 0 | 59 | 0.00% |
| Redfield | 0 | 55 | 0.00% |
Outage history in Bourbon County
2014–2025 recordBourbon County averaged 11.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Kansas counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 9. Half were over within 3 hours; the longest lasted 7 hours, starting January 5, 2025.
The largest on record began September 22, 2024, with 5,900 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in August.
11.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.2 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.1.7 dayslongest on record (July 2023)
5,900most customers out at once
| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| September 22, 2024 | 5,900 | 15 minutes | 1,475 |
| April 22, 2021 | 5,530 | 9 hours | 3,831 |
| August 3, 2022 | 5,326 | 23 hours | 29,936 |
| August 17, 2018 | 4,161 | 14 hours | 19,783 |
| September 9, 2024 | 3,194 | 30 minutes | 1,597 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.
If your power is out
Report it to your utility
- Evergy: outage map and reporting
- Stay at least 35 feet from downed power lines and report them right away.
Food safety
- 0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
- 4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
- 24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
- 48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.
Generators, heat and cold
- Run generators outside only, at least 20 feet from windows and doors. Never in a garage.
- Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
- Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.
Utilities
- Evergy
- City of Bronson no live feed
- Heartland Rural Elec Coop, Inc no live feed
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