When's the Power Back?

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

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Thomas 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 Thomas County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Midwest Energy ↗ and Prairie Land Electric Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Colby also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Thomas County, KS
Last significant outage: Aug 18, 2026 — peaked at 229 customers, restored in ~7.3 hr (no severe weather).
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 18, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Thomas County, KS
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 60 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~1.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in spring.
Largest on record: ~1,575 customers out in April 2017, restored after about 4.5 days. The busiest year on record here was 2019.
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 Thomas County include Colby, Brewster, Rexford, Gem, Menlo, Barrett, East Hale and Kingery. 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 Thomas County, KS?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Thomas include Midwest Energy, Prairie Land Electric Cooperative and City of Colby — 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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