When will the power be back in Barber County, KS?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Barber County, KS right now.

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Elsewhere in Kansas: 58 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 10:31 PM CDT.

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Who serves Barber County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Alfalfa Electric Cooperative and CMS Electric Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Southern Pioneer Electric Company, Ninnescah Rural ECA, City of Kiowa and 1 other also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Barber County, KS

No significant outages recorded here since we began tracking this county — smaller flickers (under ~200 customers at peak) aren't archived.

Longer-term outage history — Barber County, KS

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 3 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~48 min (median).

That is shorter than the Kansas norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2.3 hr.

Largest on record: ~582 customers out in March 2021, restored after about 48 min.

Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Communities covered

Communities in Barber County include Medicine Lodge, Kiowa, Hardtner, Sharon, Hazelton, Isabel, Sun City and Aetna. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Barber County, KS?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Barber include Alfalfa Electric Cooperative, CMS Electric Cooperative, Southern Pioneer Electric Company and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

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