Is the power out in 31698?

Live answer for ZIP 31698 (Valdosta 100% of the ZIP; Lowndes County), from Georgia Power, updated every 10 minutes.

Right now in 31698

No. The utility reports no outages in 31698 right now.

0.00% of 3 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 31698Lowndes CountyOutage (size = customers)

Each dot is an outage the utility reports, placed where the utility puts it, often the middle of the affected area rather than a specific home. Tap a dot for the number of customers and the utility's estimated restoration time.

Neighboring ZIP codes

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.
31602	Valdosta / Remerton	0	12,480	0.00%
31601	Valdosta / Clyattville	0	12,646	0.00%
31605	Bemiss / Valdosta	0	1,804	0.00%
31606	Echols County consolidated government / Dasher	0	129	0.00%
31699	Moody AFB	–	–	–
31632	Hahira / Cecil	0	2,829	0.00%

Outage history in Lowndes County, which includes 31698

2014–2025 record

Lowndes County averaged 68.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Georgia counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 84. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 7.5 hours, starting May 16, 2025.

The largest on record began September 27, 2024, with 61,947 customers out at once.

68.7significant 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 hourtypical (median) length

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

15 dayslongest on record (September 2024)

61,947most 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	61,947	15 days	9,424,046
August 30, 2023	60,581	6.5 days	3,765,426
August 4, 2024	35,288	3 days	931,495
September 11, 2017	19,665	3.9 days	593,943
September 2, 2016	13,185	32 hours	191,208

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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Food safety

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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

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Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
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