When's the Power Back?

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

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

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Co-Mo Electric Cooperative, Evergy, Central Missouri Electric Cooperative, Osage Valley Electric Cooperative Association and 1 more, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Benton County, MO
Last significant outage: Sep 24, 2026 — peaked at 333 customers, restored in ~2.5 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 7 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 5 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 4, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Benton County, MO
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 222 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~2.2 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~16,383 customers out in January 2018, restored after about 2 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2018.
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 Benton County include Warsaw, Lincoln, Cole Camp, Ionia, Bent Tree Harbor and White Branch. 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 Benton County, MO?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Benton include Co-Mo Electric Cooperative, Evergy, Central Missouri 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.

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