Is the power out in 35953?

Live answer for ZIP 35953 (Ashville 13% of the ZIP; St. Clair County), from Alabama Power, updated every 10 minutes.

Right now in 35953

Yes. fewer than 5 homes and businesses are without power.

0.02% of 4,838 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 35953St. Clair 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	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.
35131	Ragland	2,729	0.00%
35987	Steele / Ashville	1,804	0.00%
35135	Riverside	1,158	0.00%
35125	Pell City / Riverside	6,190	0.00%
35146	Springville / Odenville	6,588	0.00%
35120	Odenville / Margaret	8,837	0.00%

Outage history in St. Clair County, which includes 35953

2014–2025 record

St. Clair County averaged 54.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Alabama counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 61. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 28 hours, starting June 7, 2025.

The largest on record began October 29, 2020, with 16,066 customers out at once.

54.3significant 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.

4.8 dayslongest on record (October 2020)

16,066most 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 29, 2020	16,066	4.8 days	526,524
July 28, 2023	9,476	4.5 hours	7,878
September 24, 2018	9,365	6.5 hours	13,125
October 28, 2025	7,960	45 minutes	3,497
June 7, 2025	7,688	28 hours	90,292

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

Report it to your utility

Alabama Power: outage map and reporting
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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