When will the power be back in Liberal, KS?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Liberal is a city of about 19,184 residents in Seward County.
CMS Electric Cooperative has reported outages for Liberal by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Liberal 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 Liberal:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Liberal: the closest other places we track are Dodge City, about 70 miles to the northeast; Elk City, OK, about 142 miles to the southeast; Great Bend, about 147 miles to the northeast; and Hays, about 154 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Weatherford, OK (163 mi SE); Enid, OK (175 mi E); El Reno, OK (195 mi SE); and Haysville (200 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Manhattan (278 mi); east toward Wichita (202 mi); southeast toward Yukon, OK (205 mi); southwest toward Clovis, NM (220 mi); west toward Las Vegas, NM (259 mi); and northwest toward Colorado Springs, CO (244 mi).
Who serves Liberal?
We track live outage data from CMS Electric Cooperative and Tri-County Electric Cooperative in Seward County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Southern Pioneer Electric Company and Pioneer Electric Cooperative also serve parts of Seward County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Liberal's last tracked outage began Sep 5, peaked at 220 customers out, and was restored in 50 minutes. Across the 3 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 50 minutes.
- Sep 5 — 220 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Sep 4 — 222 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Aug 19 — 281 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Liberal, 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 Liberal's own record: across the 3 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 Liberal, KS?
To check your own street, search a Liberal ZIP code — 67901 or 67905 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Liberal specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Liberal we have the city-level view: CMS Electric Cooperative has published outages for Liberal under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Liberal is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Seward County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Liberal.
