Power outages in Buchanan County, MO
Live outage counts for St. Joseph, Agency and De Kalb and the rest of Buchanan County, updated every 10 minutes from Evergy.
Right now
No outages reported
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Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.0customers 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.Evergy0 / 41,253
Platte-Clay Electric Coop, Incno 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.City of Easton - (MO)no 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.United Electric Coop, Inc - (MO)no 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 outlineEvergy 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
0 of 10 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64401 | Agency | 0 | 545 | 0.00% |
| 64440 | De Kalb | 0 | 253 | 0.00% |
| 64443 | Easton | 0 | 295 | 0.00% |
| 64448 | Faucett | 0 | 342 | 0.00% |
| 64484 | Lewis and Clark Village / Rushville | 0 | 553 | 0.00% |
| 64501 | St. Joseph | 0 | 6,306 | 0.00% |
| 64503 | St. Joseph | 0 | 6,422 | 0.00% |
| 64504 | St. Joseph | 0 | 5,113 | 0.00% |
| 64506 | St. Joseph | 0 | 11,021 | 0.00% |
| 64507 | St. Joseph / Agency | 0 | 6,468 | 0.00% |
Cities and towns
Utility counts by mailing cityi
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.| City | 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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| St. Joseph | 0 | 36,361 | 0.00% |
| Agency | 0 | 302 | 0.00% |
| De Kalb | 0 | 117 | 0.00% |
| Easton | 0 | 2 | 0.00% |
| Rushville | 0 | 134 | 0.00% |
| Lewis and Clark Village | 0 | 67 | 0.00% |
Outage history in Buchanan County
2014–2025 recordBuchanan County averaged 34.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Missouri counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 26. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 36 hours, starting March 5, 2025.
The largest on record began April 24, 2024, with 23,498 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in June.
34.3significant 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.2.2 dayslongest on record (December 2021)
23,498most 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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| April 24, 2024 | 23,498 | 3.5 hours | 61,961 |
| June 27, 2020 | 22,861 | 1.5 days | 260,563 |
| December 15, 2021 | 21,102 | 2.2 days | 196,306 |
| December 29, 2020 | 18,375 | 29 hours | 185,010 |
| June 4, 2020 | 18,018 | 19 hours | 134,584 |
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
- 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.
Cities in Buchanan County
Utilities
- Evergy
- Platte-Clay Electric Coop, Inc no live feed
- City of Easton - (MO) no live feed
- United Electric Coop, Inc - (MO) no live feed
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