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An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Evergy and West Central Electric Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Independence 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 — Jackson County, MO
Last significant outage: Oct 3, 2026 — peaked at 1,337 customers, restored in ~7.5 hr (weather alert).
Across the 40 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 8.4 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 31, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Jackson County, MO
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
1,955 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 33 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~6 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is longer than the Missouri norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2.5 hr.
Largest on record: ~89,477 customers out in May 2024, restored after about 45.8 hr.
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 in Jackson County include Kansas City, Independence, Lee's Summit, Blue Springs, Raytown, Grandview, Grain Valley and Oak Grove. 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 Jackson County, MO?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Jackson include Evergy, West Central Electric Cooperative and City of Independence — 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.
