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

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

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Elsewhere in Kansas: 58 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 10:31 PM CDT.

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Who serves Russell County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Midwest Energy ↗ and Western Cooperative Electric Association, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Rolling Hills Electric Cooperative, City of Russell and City of Lucas 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 — Russell County, KS

Last significant outage: Sep 27, 2026 — peaked at 313 customers, restored in ~42 min (no severe weather).

Across the 2 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 42 min.

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 — Russell County, KS

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 56 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~3.2 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

That is longer than the Kansas norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2.3 hr.

Largest on record: ~1,375 customers out in April 2024, restored after about 8 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2020.

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 Russell County include Gorham, Lucas, Luray, Dorrance, Bunker Hill, Paradise, Waldo and Big Creek. 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 Russell County, KS?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Russell include Midwest Energy, Western Cooperative Electric Association, Rolling Hills 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.

Nearby counties & areas

Ellis County · Osborne County · Barton County · Lincoln County · Ellsworth County · Rush County · Rooks County · Mitchell County

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