Is the power out in 31709?

Live answer for ZIP 31709 (Americus 6% of the ZIP; Sumter County), from Georgia Power, updated every 10 minutes.

Right now in 31709

No. The utility reports no outages in 31709 right now.

0.00% of 5,741 customers

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

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.

Outage map

ZIP 31709Sumter 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	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.
31764	Leslie / De Soto	277	0.00%
31711	Andersonville / Americus	241	0.00%
31719	Americus	3,940	0.00%
31735	Unincorporated area	911	0.00%
31780	Webster County unified government / Plains	463	0.00%

Outage history in Sumter County, which includes 31709

2014–2025 record

Sumter County averaged 45.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Georgia counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 43. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 16 hours, starting May 10, 2025.

The largest on record began October 10, 2018, with 13,270 customers out at once.

45.7significant 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.

1.5 hourstypical (median) length

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

4.1 dayslongest on record (September 2017)

13,270most 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.
October 10, 2018	13,270	3.2 days	501,074
September 11, 2017	10,452	4.1 days	353,538
February 6, 2020	3,134	15 hours	8,981
August 12, 2021	2,771	9.5 hours	7,824
April 13, 2020	2,327	21 hours	22,565

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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