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

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

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Elsewhere in Missouri: 86 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 2:31 AM CDT.

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Who serves Butler County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Missouri Electric Cooperatives, Clay County Electric Cooperative Corp, Ameren and SEMO Electric Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Poplar Bluff 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 — Butler County, MO

Last significant outage: Sep 30, 2026 — peaked at 1,203 customers, restored in ~2 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 4 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 1.8 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 8, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Butler County, MO

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 209 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~2 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~9,072 customers out in May 2024, restored after about 2.5 days. The busiest year on record here was 2024.

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.

Cities we track in Butler County

Poplar Bluff

Communities in Butler County include Poplar Bluff, Qulin, Neelyville, Fisk, Broseley and Harviell. 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 Butler County, MO?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Butler include Missouri Electric Cooperatives, Clay County Electric Cooperative Corp, Ameren 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.

Nearby counties & areas

Ripley County · Stoddard County · Wayne County · Carter County · Dunklin County · New Madrid County · Bollinger County · Pemiscot County

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