Power outages in Walker County, AL

Live outage counts for Jasper, Sumiton and Dora and the rest of Walker County, updated every 10 minutes from Alabama Power.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages

Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.

12customers without power

A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.

0.03% of 39,424 customersUpdated 7 min ago

We check every utility's outage data every 10 minutes. Each utility updates its own map on its own schedule, usually every 5 to 15 minutes.

Alabama Power12 / 39,424

Outage map

County outlineAlabama Power publishes totals only, not outage locations.

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 12 ZIP codes have outages

ZIP	Area	Out	Customers i A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.	% out i Customers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
35504	Jasper / Sipsey	12	8,190	0.15%
35063	Sipsey / Hayden	0	1,851	0.00%
35130	Birmingham / Dora	0	2,116	0.00%
35148	Sumiton	0	1,678	0.00%
35501	Jasper	0	6,446	0.00%
35503	Jasper	0	5,512	0.00%
35550	Cordova	0	3,011	0.00%
35578	Nauvoo / Carbon Hill	0	3,197	0.00%
35579	Oakman	0	2,004	0.00%
35580	Parrish	0	2,339	0.00%
35584	Sipsey	0	216	0.00%
35587	Unincorporated area	0	557	0.00%

Cities and towns

Utility counts by mailing city

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	Customers i A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.	% out i Customers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
Jasper	8,543	0.00%
Sumiton	1,532	0.00%
Dora	1,216	0.00%
Carbon Hill	1,102	0.00%
Cordova	984	0.00%
Parrish	550	0.00%
Oakman	490	0.00%
Sipsey	211	0.00%
Kansas	130	0.00%
Nauvoo	120	0.00%
Eldridge	89	0.00%

Outage history in Walker County

2014–2025 record

Walker County averaged 75.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Alabama counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 84. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 2 days, starting June 7, 2025.

The largest on record began April 12, 2020, with 10,667 customers out at once.

75.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)

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

Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.

2.6 dayslongest on record (April 2020)

10,667most customers out at once

Largest events (start)	Peak out	Lasted i How long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.	Customer-hours i Customers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
April 12, 2020	10,667	2.6 days	247,876
March 3, 2023	10,541	2 days	185,591
June 7, 2025	9,266	2 days	188,753
February 16, 2025	8,205	1.5 days	81,775
September 13, 2021	7,002	45 minutes	3,964

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

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

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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.