When will the power be back in El Dorado, KS?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring |
How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Oct 1, 16,602 completed outages have been graded this way — typical (median) error 1.9 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 3.9 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.
Track current power outages in El Dorado, Kansas — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. El Dorado is a city in Butler County; when the serving utility's own outage map reports El Dorado directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
El Dorado is a city of about 12,694 residents in Butler County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for El Dorado by name, so this page reports the Butler County county-wide view, which covers El Dorado. If a serving utility does name El Dorado during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in El Dorado:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around El Dorado: the closest other places we track are Andover, about 17 miles to the southwest; Bel Aire, about 21 miles to the west; Wichita, about 28 miles to the west; and Derby, about 28 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Newton (30 mi NW); Haysville (32 mi SW); Winfield (38 mi S); Arkansas City (53 mi S); Emporia (54 mi NE); McPherson (58 mi NW); Hutchinson (59 mi W); and Ponca City, OK (77 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Junction City (83 mi); northeast toward Ottawa (102 mi); east toward Pittsburg (122 mi); southeast toward Bartlesville, OK (90 mi); south toward Stillwater, OK (117 mi); southwest toward Enid, OK (112 mi); west toward Great Bend (112 mi); and northwest toward Salina (80 mi).
Who serves El Dorado?
We track live outage data from Evergy in Butler County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Butler Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Caney Valley Electric Cooperative Association, Sumner-Cowley Electric Cooperative and 1 other also serve parts of Butler County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.
Common questions
When will my power be back on in El Dorado, KS?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the El Dorado area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.
How do I check the power outage status in El Dorado, KS?
This page is a live power outage status check for the El Dorado area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search an El Dorado ZIP code — 67042 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.
How do I report a power outage in El Dorado, KS?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Butler County include Evergy, Butler Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Caney Valley Electric Cooperative Association and others; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
Does this page show El Dorado specifically, or the whole county?
Right now, the Butler County county-wide view, which covers El Dorado. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for El Dorado by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to El Dorado. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Andover (17 mi SW) is the closest place we track separately.
How accurate is the restoration estimate?
Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.
