Power outages in Olathe, KS

Live outages the utility reports for Olathe addresses, updated every 10 minutes. Olathe has 150,025 residents.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages

Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.

fewer than 5customers without power

A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.

Utilities hide very small outages for privacy and publish them only as "fewer than 5". Where many of these add up, we show an estimate ("about …").

<0.01% of 63,143 customersUpdated 7 min ago

We check every utility's outage data every 10 minutes. Each utility updates its own map on its own schedule, usually every 5 to 15 minutes.

Evergy's count for Olathe addresses

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.

Evergyfewer than 5 / 63,143

Outage map

OlatheJohnson CountyEvergy publishes totals only, not outage locations.

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.

ZIP codes in Olathe

ZIPs mostly inside Olathe; share from the Census

ZIP	Inside Olathe i How much of the ZIP code's addresses lie inside the city, from Census Bureau data.	Out	Customers i A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.	% out i Customers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
66061	59%	fewer than 5	30,234	<0.01%
66062	58%	fewer than 5	35,145	<0.01%

Outage history in Johnson County, which includes Olathe

2014–2025 record

Johnson County averaged 15 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Kansas counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 18. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 17 hours, starting May 19, 2025.

The largest on record began July 14, 2023, with 64,696 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in June.

15significant outages a year (2023–2025)

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.

1.5 hourstypical (median) length

Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.

3.4 dayslongest on record (January 2019)

64,696most customers out at once

Largest events (start)	Peak out	Lasted i How long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.	Customer-hours i Customers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
July 14, 2023	64,696	3.2 days	1,767,277
July 23, 2017	48,945	2.6 days	1,151,065
May 26, 2024	39,563	1.8 days	618,375
February 16, 2021	32,907	7 hours	114,103
January 12, 2019	26,850	3.4 days	1,054,918

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

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.

Olathe is in

Johnson County