Power outages in Ohio County, KY
Live outage counts for Beaver Dam, Hartford and Fordsville and the rest of Ohio County, updated every 10 minutes from LG&E and KU.
Right now
Normal: scattered outages
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Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.fewer than 5customers 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.i
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 …").LG&E and KUfewer than 5 / 4,969
Warren Rural Elec Coop Corpno 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.Kenergy Corpno 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.Meade County Rural E C Cno 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 outlineLG&E and KU 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
1 of 5 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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| 42320 | Beaver Dam / McHenry | fewer than 5 | 2,700 | 0.07% |
| 42328 | Centertown | 0 | 342 | 0.00% |
| 42347 | Hartford | 0 | 1,538 | 0.00% |
| 42354 | McHenry | 0 | 148 | 0.00% |
| 42369 | Rockport | 0 | 241 | 0.00% |
Outage history in Ohio County
2014–2025 recordOhio 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)
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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.5.3 dayslongest on record (March 2023)
9,485most 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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| 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).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
- 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.
Cities in Ohio County
Nearby counties
Utilities
- LG&E and KU
- Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp no live feed
- Kenergy Corp no live feed
- Meade County Rural E C C no live feed
- All Kentucky outages