Power outages in Wythe County, VA

Live outage counts for Wytheville and Rural Retreat and the rest of Wythe County, updated every 10 minutes from Appalachian Power.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages

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

5customers without power

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

0.03% of 17,380 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.

Appalachian Power5 / 17,380

Outage map

County outlineAppalachian 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

2 of 8 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.
24368	Rural Retreat / Atkins	fewer than 5	2,791	0.11%
24382	Wytheville / Fort Chiswell	fewer than 5	8,992	0.03%
24313	Unincorporated area	0	495	0.00%
24322	Unincorporated area	0	144	0.00%
24323	Unincorporated area	0	446	0.00%
24350	Ivanhoe	0	827	0.00%
24360	Fort Chiswell / Max Meadows	0	3,283	0.00%
24374	Unincorporated area	0	422	0.00%

Outage history in Wythe County

2014–2025 record

Wythe County averaged 35 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Virginia counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 31. Half were over within 3.5 hours; the longest lasted 1.5 days, starting February 12, 2025.

The largest on record began September 27, 2024, with 10,068 customers out at once.

35significant 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.

2.5 hourstypical (median) length

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

6.6 dayslongest on record (September 2024)

10,068most 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.
September 27, 2024	10,068	6.6 days	606,736
March 24, 2018	9,625	5 days	541,560
January 28, 2021	6,775	1.6 days	74,515
April 15, 2025	4,767	2.5 hours	9,354
December 23, 2022	4,196	2.3 days	52,849

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

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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.