When will the power be back in Hays, 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 Aug 26, 9,590 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 1.8 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 3.1 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 Hays, Kansas — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Hays is a city in Ellis County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Hays directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
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: 67601 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; Garden City, about 104 miles to the southwest; Wichita, about 135 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Bel Aire (136 mi SE), Haysville (140 mi SE), Derby (145 mi SE), Manhattan (147 mi E), Liberal (154 mi SW), Emporia (172 mi E), Enid, OK (189 mi SE), Guymon, OK (192 mi SW). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Lincoln, NE (193 mi); east toward Topeka (195 mi); southeast toward Ponca City, OK (193 mi); south toward Weatherford, OK (234 mi); northwest toward Sterling, CO (238 mi).
Who serves Hays?
We track live outage data from Western Coop Electric Association Inc in Ellis County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. 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 Hays, 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 Hays 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 Hays, KS?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Hays 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 a Hays ZIP code — 67601 — 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 Hays, KS?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Ellis County include Western Coop Electric Association Inc; 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 Hays specifically, or the whole county?
Right now, the Ellis County county-wide view, which covers Hays. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Hays by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Hays. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Great Bend (46 mi SE) 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.
