When will the power be back in Great Bend, KS?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Great Bend is a city of about 14,306 residents in Barton County.
Wheatland Electric Cooperative has reported outages for Great Bend by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-07-27) — so when Great Bend is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Great Bend:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Great Bend: the closest other places we track are Hays, about 46 miles to the northwest; Dodge City, about 78 miles to the southwest; Wichita, about 92 miles to the southeast; and Haysville, about 96 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Derby (101 mi SE); Manhattan (131 mi NE); Emporia (141 mi E); Enid, OK (144 mi S); Liberal (147 mi SW); Topeka (174 mi E); Guthrie, OK (189 mi SE); and Bartlesville, OK (192 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Lincoln, NE (204 mi); east toward Spring Hill (217 mi); southeast toward Edmond, OK (201 mi); and south toward Weatherford, OK (195 mi).
Who serves Great Bend?
We track live outage data from Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Western Cooperative Electric Association and Midwest Energy ↗ in Barton County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Rolling Hills Electric Cooperative, Ark Valley Electric Cooperative Association, City of Hoisington and 1 other also serve parts of Barton County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Great Bend's last tracked outage began Sep 27, peaked at 30 customers out, and was restored in 40 minutes. Across the 3 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 27 — 30 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
- Sep 23 — 190 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Aug 30 — 1,301 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Barton County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.4 hr. The full record for Barton County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Great Bend, KS?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Great Bend's own record: across the 3 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Great Bend, KS?
To check your own street, search a Great Bend ZIP code — 67530 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Great Bend specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Great Bend we have the city-level view: Wheatland Electric Cooperative has published outages for Great Bend under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-07-27. When Great Bend is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Barton County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Great Bend.
