Is the power out in 24147?

Live answer for ZIP 24147 (Rich Creek 13% of the ZIP; Giles County), from Appalachian Power, updated every 10 minutes.

Right now in 24147

No. The utility reports no outages in 24147 right now.

0.00% of 620 customers

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

Updated 8 min ago

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Outage map

ZIP 24147Giles CountyAppalachian 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.

Neighboring ZIP codes

ZIP	Area	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.
24093	Glen Lyn	128	0.00%
24124	Narrows	2,417	0.00%
24134	Pearisburg	3,243	0.00%
24167	Unincorporated area	188	0.00%
24150	Ripplemead	482	0.00%
24136	Pembroke / Eggleston	1,905	0.00%

Outage history in Giles County, which includes 24147

2014–2025 record

Giles County averaged 41 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Virginia counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 45. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 1.9 days, starting February 16, 2025.

The largest on record began March 24, 2018, with 8,274 customers out at once.

41significant 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.

3 hourstypical (median) length

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

14 dayslongest on record (January 2017)

8,274most 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.
March 24, 2018	8,274	5.1 days	365,740
May 26, 2024	7,343	3 days	174,934
July 25, 2018	5,612	2.5 hours	11,273
July 20, 2018	5,609	30 minutes	2,804
March 21, 2018	5,587	1.7 days	66,661

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

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24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.

Generators, heat and cold

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Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
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