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

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

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Elsewhere in Kansas: 60 customers reported out — statewide status.

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Who serves Barton County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Western Cooperative Electric Association and Midwest Energy ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Rolling Hills Electric Cooperative, Ark Valley Electric Cooperative Association, City of Hoisington 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 — Barton County, KS

⚡ Power here was restored about 40 hours ago — the outage peaked at 553 customers.

Last significant outage: Oct 2, 2026 — peaked at 553 customers, restored in ~48 min (no severe weather).

Across the 3 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 1.8 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 13, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Barton County, KS

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 148 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 2 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~2.4 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~10,942 customers out in June 2020, restored after about 7.8 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2024.

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.

Cities we track in Barton County

Great Bend

Communities in Barton County include Great Bend, Hoisington, Ellinwood, Claflin, Pawnee Rock, Albert, Olmitz and Galatia. 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 Barton County, KS?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Barton include Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Western Cooperative Electric Association, Midwest Energy 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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