When will the power be back in Bates County, MO?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Bates County, MO right now.

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Elsewhere in Missouri: 20 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 10:31 PM CDT.

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Who serves Bates County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Osage Valley Electric Cooperative Association, Evergy and Liberty Utilities — Empire District, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Butler 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 — Bates County, MO

Last significant outage: Sep 9, 2026 — peaked at 341 customers, restored in ~1.5 hr (weather alert).

Across the 4 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3.1 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 16, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Bates County, MO

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 132 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.

Largest on record: ~2,782 customers out in May 2020, restored after about 9.8 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2023.

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 Bates County include Butler, Adrian, Rich Hill, Hume, Amsterdam, Rockville, Amoret and Foster. 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 Bates County, MO?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Bates include Osage Valley Electric Cooperative Association, Evergy, Liberty Utilities — Empire District 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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