When will the power be back in Manhattan, KS?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Manhattan is a city of about 54,700 residents in Riley County.
Evergy has reported outages for Manhattan by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Manhattan is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Manhattan:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Manhattan: the closest other places we track are Junction City, about 17 miles to the southwest; Topeka, about 50 miles to the east; Emporia, about 59 miles to the south; and Salina, about 60 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Lawrence (74 mi E), McPherson (80 mi SW), Atchison (83 mi E), Ottawa (83 mi SE), Newton (89 mi SW), Leavenworth (90 mi E), Lansing (92 mi E) and Gardner (94 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Lincoln, NE (112 mi); northeast toward St. Joseph, MO (103 mi); east toward Shawnee (97 mi); southeast toward Pittsburg (160 mi); south toward El Dorado (96 mi); southwest toward Hutchinson (105 mi); west toward Hays (147 mi); and northwest toward Kearney, NE (168 mi).
Who serves Manhattan?
We track live outage data from Evergy in Riley County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Bluestem Electric Cooperative and Flint Hills Rural ECA also serve parts of Riley County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Manhattan's last tracked outage began Oct 1, peaked at 54 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Oct 1 — 54 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Oct 1 — 25 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Sep 24 — 25 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 23 — 26 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
County context: across all of Riley County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 1.4 hr. The full record for Riley County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Manhattan, 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 Manhattan's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Manhattan, KS?
To check your own street, search a Manhattan ZIP code — 66502, 66503, 66505 or 66506 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Manhattan specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Manhattan we have the city-level view: Evergy has published outages for Manhattan under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Manhattan is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Riley County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Manhattan.
