When will the power be back in Hays, KS?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Hays is a city of about 21,213 residents in Ellis County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Hays by name, so this page reports the Ellis County county-wide view, which covers Hays. If a serving utility does name Hays during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Hays:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Hays: the closest other places we track are Great Bend, about 46 miles to the southeast; Dodge City, about 86 miles to the southwest; Wichita, about 135 miles to the southeast; and Haysville, about 140 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Derby (145 mi SE); Manhattan (147 mi E); Liberal (154 mi SW); Emporia (172 mi E); Enid, OK (189 mi SE); Lincoln, NE (193 mi NE); and Topeka (195 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: east toward Leavenworth (238 mi); southeast toward Guthrie, OK (234 mi); south toward Weatherford, OK (234 mi); west toward Colorado Springs, CO (292 mi); and northwest toward Scottsbluff, NE (308 mi).
Who serves Hays?
We track live outage data from Midwest Energy ↗ and Western Cooperative Electric Association in Ellis County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Hays's last tracked outage began Oct 7, peaked at 48 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 55 minutes.
- Oct 7 — 48 customers out, restored in an hour
- Oct 4 — 37 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Sep 30 — 45 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Sep 6 — 52 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
County context: across all of Ellis County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 1.3 hr. The full record for Ellis County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Hays, 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 Hays's own record: across the 4 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 55 minutes — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Hays, KS?
To check your own street, search a Hays ZIP code — 67601 — and the map opens on that area.
