When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Merriam, KS?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Johnson County, Kansas
No significant county-wide outage reported in Johnson, KS right now.
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Elsewhere in Kansas: 27 customers reported out — statewide status.
Updated 11:19 PM CDT.
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⚡ No power in Merriam, KS? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.
An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.

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What we track for Merriam

Merriam is a city of about 11,560 residents in Johnson County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Merriam by name, so this page reports the Johnson County county-wide view, which covers Merriam. If a serving utility does name Merriam during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

Around Merriam: the closest other places we track are Mission, about 2 miles to the east; Prairie Village, about 4 miles to the southeast; Shawnee, about 6 miles to the west; and Lenexa, about 7 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Kansas City (8 mi N); Leawood (8 mi SE); Overland Park (9 mi S); Kansas City, MO (10 mi NE); Olathe (12 mi SW); Raytown, MO (12 mi E); Grandview, MO (13 mi SE); and Gladstone, MO (15 mi NE).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Smithville, MO (27 mi); northeast toward Liberty, MO (21 mi); east toward Independence, MO (19 mi); southeast toward Belton, MO (16 mi); south toward Spring Hill (19 mi); southwest toward Gardner (19 mi); west toward Lawrence (31 mi); and northwest toward Lansing (19 mi).

Who serves Merriam?

We track live outage data from Evergy in Johnson County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Gardner also serves parts of Johnson County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.

Outage history — Johnson County, KS (covers Merriam)
⚡ Power here was restored about 33 hours ago — the outage peaked at 305 customers.
Last significant outage: Oct 1, 2026 — peaked at 305 customers, restored in ~17.5 hr (weather alert).
Across the 37 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 5 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 25, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

County context: across all of Johnson County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.8 hr. The full record for Johnson County

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Merriam, KS — live power outage tracker