Is the power out in 43536?

Live answer for ZIP 43536 (unincorporated area; Defiance County), from AEP Ohio and Toledo Edison, updated every 10 minutes.

Right now in 43536

No. The utility reports no outages in 43536 right now.

0.00% of 7 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 43536Defiance CountyAEP Ohio and Toledo Edison publish 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.
43556	Sherwood	0	645	0.00%
43520	Unincorporated area	–	–	–
43526	Hicksville	0	2,040	0.00%
43549	Ney	–	–	–
43519	Unincorporated area	–	–	–
43512	Defiance / Brunersburg	0	1,271	0.00%

Outage history in Defiance County, which includes 43536

2014–2025 record

Defiance County averaged 17 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Ohio counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 19. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 8.5 hours, starting March 16, 2025.

The largest on record began April 17, 2015, with 6,724 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in June.

17significant 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.

35 hourslongest on record (June 2022)

6,724most 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.
April 17, 2015	6,724	2.5 hours	10,538
May 30, 2024	6,097	3.5 hours	6,258
September 24, 2022	6,086	15 hours	36,822
April 7, 2019	5,794	45 minutes	2,715
May 7, 2021	5,610	3 hours	9,656

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

AEP Ohio: outage map and reporting
Toledo Edison: 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.