When will the power be back in Junction City, 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 Junction City, Kansas — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Junction City is a city in Geary County; when the serving utility's own outage map reports Junction City directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
Junction City is a city of about 22,053 residents in Geary County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Junction City by name, so this page reports the Geary County county-wide view, which covers Junction City. If a serving utility does name Junction City during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Junction City:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Junction City: the closest other places we track are Manhattan, about 17 miles to the northeast; Salina, about 44 miles to the west; Emporia, about 56 miles to the southeast; and Topeka, about 62 miles to the east. Also nearby: McPherson (63 mi SW), Newton (73 mi S), El Dorado (83 mi S), Lawrence (85 mi E), Hutchinson (88 mi SW), Bel Aire (89 mi S), Ottawa (90 mi E) and Andover (94 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Lincoln, NE (123 mi); northeast toward Atchison (99 mi); east toward Gardner (105 mi); southeast toward Pittsburg (162 mi); south toward Wichita (96 mi); southwest toward Great Bend (115 mi); west toward Hays (133 mi); and northwest toward Kearney, NE (165 mi).
Who serves Junction City?
We track live outage data from Evergy in Geary County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. DS&O Electric Cooperative, Bluestem Electric Cooperative and Flint Hills Rural ECA also serve parts of Geary 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 Junction City, 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 Junction City 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 Junction City, KS?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Junction City 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 Junction City ZIP code — 66441 — 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 Junction City, KS?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Geary County include Evergy, DS&O Electric Cooperative, Bluestem Electric Cooperative 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 Junction City specifically, or the whole county?
Right now, the Geary County county-wide view, which covers Junction City. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Junction City by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Junction City. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Manhattan (17 mi NE) 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.
