Is the power out in 25036?

Live answer for ZIP 25036 (Smithers 0% of the ZIP; Fayette County), from Appalachian Power, updated every 10 minutes.

Right now in 25036

No. The utility reports no outages in 25036 right now.

0.00% of 164 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 25036Fayette 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.
25186	Smithers	464	0.00%
25031	Boomer	457	0.00%
25185	Unincorporated area	17	0.00%
25136	Montgomery / Smithers	821	0.00%
25090	Glen Ferris	153	0.00%
25040	Charlton Heights / Falls View	314	0.00%

Outage history in Fayette County, which includes 25036

2014–2025 record

Fayette County averaged 75 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most West Virginia counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 74. Half were over within 3 hours; the longest lasted 36 hours, starting December 19, 2025.

The largest on record began April 2, 2024, with 17,737 customers out at once.

75significant 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.

3.5 hourstypical (median) length

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

6.2 dayslongest on record (March 2017)

17,737most 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 2, 2024	17,737	3.5 days	523,729
March 1, 2017	17,254	4.4 days	580,368
May 26, 2024	11,729	3 days	316,499
June 17, 2022	9,402	2.1 days	139,078
April 1, 2023	8,160	28 hours	96,912

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.

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

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