Is the power out in 36205?

Live answer for ZIP 36205 (Anniston 100% of the ZIP; Calhoun County), from Alabama Power, updated every 10 minutes.

Right now in 36205

No. The utility reports no outages in 36205 right now.

0.00% of 612 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 36205Calhoun 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.
36206	Saks / Anniston	5,875	0.00%
36277	Weaver / Saks	2,613	0.00%
36207	White Plains / Choccolocco	11,404	0.00%
36201	Anniston / West End-Cobb Town	9,828	0.00%
36250	Alexandria / Saks	2,498	0.00%
36203	Oxford / Hobson City	10,085	0.00%

Outage history in Calhoun County, which includes 36205

2014–2025 record

Calhoun County averaged 36.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Alabama counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 39. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 31 hours, starting June 7, 2025.

The largest on record began October 29, 2020, with 30,458 customers out at once.

36.7significant 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.

6.5 dayslongest on record (October 2020)

30,458most 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	30,458	6.5 days	1,757,024
March 3, 2023	14,262	10 hours	39,943
April 23, 2020	14,038	30 hours	140,266
December 8, 2017	10,886	2.1 days	221,718
March 20, 2018	10,666	2.3 days	177,608

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

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

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Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.

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