Power outages in Benton, KY
Live outages for Benton and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Benton has 4,718 residents.
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BentonMarshall County
Outage history in Marshall County, which includes Benton
2014–2025 recordMarshall County averaged 35.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Kentucky counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 46. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 1.6 days, starting May 16, 2025.
The largest on record began May 16, 2025, with 11,045 customers out at once.
35.7significant 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.1.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.2.6 dayslongest on record (May 2024)
11,045most 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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| May 16, 2025 | 11,045 | 1.6 days | 72,607 |
| March 6, 2017 | 9,053 | 1 hour | 6,837 |
| March 3, 2023 | 8,921 | 1.5 days | 50,834 |
| August 14, 2021 | 6,116 | 4.5 hours | 16,115 |
| August 9, 2021 | 6,112 | 6.5 hours | 15,000 |
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.