Power outages in Etowah County, AL
Live outage counts for Gadsden, Rainbow City and Southside and the rest of Etowah County, updated every 10 minutes from Alabama Power.
Right now
Normal: scattered outages
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Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.24customers without power
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A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.Alabama Power24 / 55,443
Cherokee Electric Coop - (AL)no live feedAlso serves this county, per federal utility records. Check its own outage map.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Marshall-De Kalb Electric Coopno live feedAlso serves this county, per federal utility records. Check its own outage map.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Coosa Valley Electric Coop Incno live feedAlso serves this county, per federal utility records. Check its own outage map.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Outage map
County outlineAlabama Power publishes totals only, not outage locations.
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Some utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.Outages by ZIP code
1 of 11 ZIP codes have outages| ZIP | Area | Out | CustomersiA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way. | % outiCustomers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area. |
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| 35901 | Gadsden / Tidmore Bend | 24 | 10,531 | 0.23% |
| 35903 | Ballplay / Hokes Bluff | 0 | 9,565 | 0.00% |
| 35904 | Gadsden / Lookout Mountain | 0 | 7,048 | 0.00% |
| 35905 | Glencoe / Hokes Bluff | 0 | 3,416 | 0.00% |
| 35906 | Rainbow City | 0 | 6,223 | 0.00% |
| 35907 | Southside | 0 | 4,588 | 0.00% |
| 35952 | Egypt / Snead | 0 | 4,700 | 0.00% |
| 35954 | Attalla / Ivalee | 0 | 7,075 | 0.00% |
| 35956 | Whitesboro / New Union | 0 | 3,102 | 0.00% |
| 35972 | Gallant | 0 | 701 | 0.00% |
| 35990 | Walnut Grove | 0 | 47 | 0.00% |
Cities and towns
Utility counts by mailing cityi
Utilities group outages by the city in each customer's mailing address. A city's count can include nearby areas outside its city limits, and only covers that utility's customers.| City | Out | CustomersiA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way. | % outiCustomers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area. |
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| Gadsden | 23 | 18,068 | 0.13% |
| Rainbow City | 0 | 6,004 | 0.00% |
| Southside | 0 | 4,547 | 0.00% |
| Attalla | 0 | 3,317 | 0.00% |
| Glencoe | 0 | 2,896 | 0.00% |
| Hokes Bluff | 0 | 2,420 | 0.00% |
| Sardis City | 0 | 577 | 0.00% |
| Altoona | 0 | 516 | 0.00% |
| Walnut Grove | 0 | 463 | 0.00% |
| Reece City | 0 | 374 | 0.00% |
| Ridgeville | 0 | 76 | 0.00% |
| Ballplay | 0 | 813 | 0.00% |
| Bristow Cove | 0 | 368 | 0.00% |
| Carlisle-Rockledge | 0 | 1,151 | 0.00% |
| Coats Bend | 0 | 675 | 0.00% |
Outage history in Etowah County
2014–2025 recordEtowah County averaged 37.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Alabama counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 35. Half were over within 1 hour; the longest lasted 20 hours, starting April 11, 2025.
The largest on record began August 3, 2023, with 12,692 customers out at once.
37.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.1.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.2.9 dayslongest on record (April 2020)
12,692most customers out at once
| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| August 3, 2023 | 12,692 | 32 hours | 172,313 |
| April 12, 2020 | 10,441 | 2.9 days | 175,885 |
| June 28, 2018 | 10,229 | 32 hours | 147,549 |
| October 29, 2020 | 10,191 | 2.2 days | 183,490 |
| June 16, 2022 | 7,977 | 18 hours | 52,542 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.
If your power is out
Report it to your utility
- Alabama Power: outage map and reporting
- Stay at least 35 feet from downed power lines and report them right away.
Food safety
- 0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
- 4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
- 24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
- 48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.
Generators, heat and cold
- Run generators outside only, at least 20 feet from windows and doors. Never in a garage.
- Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
- Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.
Cities in Etowah County
Nearby counties
Utilities
- Alabama Power
- Cherokee Electric Coop - (AL) no live feed
- Marshall-De Kalb Electric Coop no live feed
- Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc no live feed
- All Alabama outages