Is the power out in 35181?

Live answer for ZIP 35181 (unincorporated area; Jefferson County), from Alabama Power, updated every 10 minutes.

Right now in 35181

We don't have ZIP-level data for 35181.

Jefferson County as a whole has 114 customers without power.

Outage map

ZIP 35181Jefferson CountyAlabama 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	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.
35036	Brookside	0	163	0.00%
35117	Mount Olive / Brookside	0	2,735	0.00%
35068	Fultondale	fewer than 5	4,504	0.02%
35214	Birmingham / Forestdale	0	9,232	0.00%
35071	Gardendale / Kimberly	0	9,014	0.00%
35207	Birmingham	0	3,944	0.00%

Outage history in Jefferson County, which includes 35181

2014–2025 record

Jefferson County averaged 16.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most Alabama counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 15. Half were over within 7.5 hours; the longest lasted 31 hours, starting June 7, 2025.

The largest on record began January 11, 2020, with 52,800 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in June.

16.7significant 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.

2.5 hourstypical (median) length

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

2 dayslongest on record (April 2020)

52,800most 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.
January 11, 2020	52,800	13 hours	183,916
June 28, 2018	47,818	35 hours	483,810
June 7, 2025	39,648	31 hours	458,064
March 5, 2025	39,184	25 hours	423,407
April 12, 2020	34,661	2 days	633,840

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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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.

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