Power outages in Smith County, KS

We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Smith County yet. Southern Public Power District, Prairie Land Electric Coop Inc and Rolling Hills Electric Coop serve this county.

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Southern Public Power Districtno live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Prairie Land Electric Coop Incno live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Rolling Hills Electric Coopno live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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County outline

Outage history in Smith County

2014–2025 record

Smith County averaged 9 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Kansas counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 7. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 2.3 days, starting March 19, 2025.

The largest on record began March 19, 2020, with 1,823 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in July.

9significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt 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 hourtypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
2.3 dayslongest on record (March 2025)
1,823most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
March 19, 20201,8232.5 hours3,047
January 5, 20231,4723 hours2,571
March 19, 20251,4102.3 days18,960
February 29, 20241,35015 minutes338
April 30, 20211,23045 minutes922

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

iFrom 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.