Is the power out in 40816?
Live answer for ZIP 40816 (unincorporated area; Leslie County), from Kentucky Power, updated every 10 minutes.
Right now in 40816
We don't have ZIP-level data for 40816.
Leslie County as a whole has 0 customers without power.
Outage map
ZIP 40816Leslie CountyKentucky Power 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.Neighboring ZIP codes
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40858 | Unincorporated area | 0 | 110 | 0.00% |
| 40844 | Unincorporated area | 0 | 119 | 0.00% |
| 40803 | Unincorporated area | 0 | 48 | 0.00% |
| 40808 | Unincorporated area | – | – | – |
| 40840 | Unincorporated area | 0 | 77 | 0.00% |
| 40874 | Unincorporated area | 0 | 112 | 0.00% |
Outage history in Leslie County, which includes 40816
2014–2025 recordLeslie County averaged 56 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Kentucky counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 65. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 4.1 days, starting February 15, 2025.
The largest on record began April 12, 2020, with 5,520 customers out at once.
56significant 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.3.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.7.7 dayslongest on record (April 2020)
5,520most 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 12, 2020 | 5,520 | 7.7 days | 547,920 |
| November 8, 2025 | 4,718 | 4.5 hours | 11,606 |
| May 26, 2024 | 3,582 | 4.4 days | 165,260 |
| March 16, 2015 | 3,517 | 30 minutes | 1,759 |
| January 2, 2018 | 3,336 | 8 hours | 10,601 |
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
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Food safety
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- 48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.
Generators, heat and cold
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- Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
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