Power outages in Blacksville, WV

Live outages for Blacksville and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Blacksville has 119 residents.

Right now

Outages reported

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

77customers without power in Monongalia County

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

Share of customers unknown

At least one utility here doesn't publish how many customers it serves in this area, so we can't show a percentage.

Updated 8 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.

Mon Power doesn't publish a count for Blacksville itself; see its ZIP codes below.

Outage map

BlacksvilleMonongalia CountyMon 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.

Outage history in Monongalia County, which includes Blacksville

2014–2025 record

Monongalia County averaged 38.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for West Virginia counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 43. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 3.8 days, starting April 20, 2025.

The largest on record began April 20, 2025, with 33,334 customers out at once.

38.3significant 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 hourstypical (median) length

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

3.8 dayslongest on record (April 2025)

33,334most 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 20, 2025	33,334	3.8 days	890,151
June 16, 2016	27,958	2.3 days	490,633
March 16, 2025	15,251	22 hours	80,811
April 13, 2020	13,280	32 hours	110,014
March 5, 2015	10,980	3 days	302,011

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

Mon 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.

Blacksville is in

Monongalia County