When will the power be back in Rush County, KS?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Rush County, KS right now.

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Elsewhere in Kansas: 29 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 4:16 AM CDT.

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Who serves Rush County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Western Cooperative Electric Association and Midwest Energy ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Lane-Scott Electric Cooperative and City of La Crosse also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Rush County, KS

Last significant outage: Aug 13, 2026 — peaked at 222 customers, restored in ~48 min (heat event).

Across the 2 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2.9 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 13, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Rush County, KS

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 28 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~2.4 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~974 customers out in March 2022, restored after about 2.4 days.

Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Communities covered

Communities in Rush County include La Crosse, Otis, Bison, McCracken, Rush Center, Liebenthal, Alexander and Timken. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Rush County, KS?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Rush include Western Cooperative Electric Association, Midwest Energy, Lane-Scott Electric Cooperative and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

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