When will the power be back in Wichita, 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 Aug 19, 7,878 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 1.9 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 Wichita, Kansas — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Wichita is a city in Sedgwick County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Wichita directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
Wichita is a city of about 400,991 residents in Sedgwick County.
Evergy and Wheatland Electric Coop Inc have reported outages for Wichita by name on their own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Wichita 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 Wichita: 67201 · 67202 · 67203 · 67204 · 67205 · 67206 · 67207 · 67208 · 67209 · 67210 · 67211 · 67212 · 67213 · 67214 · 67215 · 67216 · 67217 · 67218 · 67219 · 67220 · 67223 · 67226 · 67227 · 67228 · 67230 · 67232 · 67235 · 67260 · 67275 · 67276 · 67277 · 67278 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Wichita: the closest other places we track are Bel Aire, about 8 miles to the northeast; Haysville, about 9 miles to the south; Derby, about 10 miles to the southeast; Ponca City, OK, about 68 miles to the south. Also nearby: Emporia (80 mi NE), Great Bend (92 mi NW), Enid, OK (93 mi S), Bartlesville, OK (101 mi SE), Stillwater, OK (109 mi S), Manhattan (111 mi N), Sand Springs, OK (127 mi SE), Guthrie, OK (128 mi S). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Topeka (129 mi); east toward Pittsburg (146 mi); southeast toward Owasso, OK (128 mi); south toward Edmond, OK (140 mi); southwest toward Weatherford, OK (166 mi); west toward Dodge City (146 mi); northwest toward Hays (135 mi).
Who serves Wichita?
We track live outage data from Evergy ↗, Wheatland Electric Coop Inc in Sedgwick County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. 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.
Wichita's last tracked outage began Aug 16, peaked at 67 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 50 minutes.
- Aug 16 — 67 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 15 — 72 customers out, restored in an hour
- Aug 15 — 92 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Aug 14 — 98 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Wichita, 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 Wichita area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page. For context from Wichita's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 50 minutes — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Wichita, KS?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Wichita 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 Wichita ZIP code — 67201, 67202, 67203, 67204, 67205, 67206, or any of the other 26 — 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 Wichita, KS?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Sedgwick County include Evergy, Wheatland Electric Coop Inc; 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 Wichita specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Wichita we have the city-level view: Evergy and Wheatland Electric Coop Inc have published outages for Wichita under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Wichita is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Sedgwick County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Wichita.
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.
