When will the power be back in St. Joseph, MO?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
St. Joseph is a city of about 71,098 residents in Buchanan County.
Evergy has reported outages for St. Joseph by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-07-29) — so when St. Joseph 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 St. Joseph:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around St. Joseph: the closest other places we track are Atchison, KS, about 22 miles to the southwest; Smithville, about 29 miles to the southeast; Leavenworth, KS, about 31 miles to the south; and Lansing, KS, about 36 miles to the south. Also nearby: Kearney (37 mi SE); Gladstone (40 mi S); Maryville (40 mi N); Liberty (42 mi SE); Excelsior Springs (42 mi SE); Kansas City, KS (44 mi S); Kansas City (46 mi S); and Mission, KS (51 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Waukee, IA (136 mi); northeast toward Indianola, IA (129 mi); east toward Kirksville (123 mi); southeast toward Independence (53 mi); south toward Shawnee, KS (51 mi); southwest toward Lawrence, KS (60 mi); west toward Manhattan, KS (103 mi); and northwest toward Bellevue, NE (112 mi).
Who serves St. Joseph?
We track live outage data from Evergy and Missouri Electric Cooperatives in Buchanan County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Easton also serves parts of Buchanan County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
County context: across all of Buchanan County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.3 hr. The full record for Buchanan County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in St. Joseph, MO?
To check your own street, search a St. Joseph ZIP code — 64501, 64502, 64503, 64504, 64505, 64506 or any of the other 2 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show St. Joseph specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for St. Joseph we have the city-level view: Evergy has published outages for St. Joseph under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-07-29. When St. Joseph is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Buchanan County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes St. Joseph.
