Power outages in Fordsville, KY

Live outages for Fordsville and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Fordsville has 451 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 in Ohio County

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 …").

0.04% of 4,969 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.

LG&E and KU doesn't publish a count for Fordsville itself; see its ZIP codes below.

Outage map

FordsvilleOhio CountyLG&E and KU 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.

Outage history in Ohio County, which includes Fordsville

2014–2025 record

Ohio County averaged 41 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Kentucky counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 43. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 11 hours, starting May 17, 2025.

The largest on record began December 11, 2021, with 9,485 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in July.

41significant 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.

5.3 dayslongest on record (March 2023)

9,485most 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.
December 11, 2021	9,485	1.8 days	97,501
May 27, 2017	5,222	9.5 hours	24,776
June 29, 2023	4,863	1.9 days	45,363
March 3, 2023	4,528	5.3 days	134,950
October 22, 2015	3,618	15 minutes	905

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

LG&E and KU: 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.

Fordsville is in

Ohio County