Power Outage in Gove, KS
Here's How to Report Power Outage in Gove
To report a power outage in Gove, Kansas, located in Gove County, please contact your local utility company using the following methods:
Midwest Energy, Inc.
Western Coop Electric Assn Inc
Lane-Scott Electric Coop, Inc
Contacts listed above can be used to report power outages in the following ZIP codes: 67736.
Recent Weather Related Causes of Power Outages in Gove County
Wildfire. High winds knocked over power poles in Gove County sparking two large fires. The first fire started around 13:32 PM CST roughly 5 miles northeast of Quinter near the Gove-Sheridan-Graham county line. This fire burned approximately 1500 acres of wildlife and grassland area in Gove County. Damage included numerous burned down trees and power poles. The Gove-Sheridan-Graham fire burned a path length of roughly 9 miles across the three counties. The northeast Gove fire was extinguished around 18:00 PM CST in Gove County, but continued to burn in Sheridan and Graham counties.||The second fire began around 14:04 PM CST and was approximately 12 miles southeast of Gove where it burned another 1500 acres of land. This wildfire burned several storage structures, two grain bags, fenceline, a limestone building, wheat fields, along with numerous power poles and trees. This fire was mostly extinguished during the late night hours; however it continued to have hot spots until roughly 14:00 PM CST on the 17th.
December 15, 2021
Thunderstorm Wind. Emergency Manager relayed that 1/2 mile of power poles were blown down due to straight line winds that resulted in no power for the city of Oakley.
October 12, 2021
Blizzard. Visibility as low as 10 ft. in the wet, blowing snow. Power outages were also reported. Multiple vehicles were involved in accidents on I-70. One of these accidents resulted in a fatality.
December 27, 2018
Thunderstorm Wind. A power line was blown down in town.
May 25, 2017
Tornado. A tornado was reported in Grainfield causing damage to numerous trees as it moved northeast. A wood structure at the Coop sustained unspecified damage. An abandoned house in town had the roof blown off it. A quonset was destroyed, but only minor damage was done to the implements inside. Power lines were brought down, windows and sheds were destroyed in town. The majority of the tornado path was to the northeast into Sheridan county. The tornado crossed into Sheridan county just east of the Gove 48 and Gove Ee intersection.
November 16, 2015