Is the power out in 43761?

Live answer for ZIP 43761 (unincorporated area; Perry County), from AEP Ohio, updated every 10 minutes.

Right now in 43761

No. The utility reports no outages in 43761 right now.

0.00% of 41 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 43761Perry CountyAEP Ohio 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.
43764	New Lexington	0	3,895	0.00%
43730	Corning / Hemlock	0	1,230	0.00%
43782	Shawnee	0	368	0.00%
43731	Crooksville / Rose Farm	fewer than 5	2,527	0.08%
43766	New Straitsville	0	588	0.00%
43748	Junction City	–	–	–

Outage history in Perry County, which includes 43761

2014–2025 record

Perry County averaged 40 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Ohio counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 34. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 23 hours, starting April 3, 2025.

The largest on record began July 7, 2017, with 7,854 customers out at once.

40significant 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.

3 hourstypical (median) length

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

4.3 dayslongest on record (February 2022)

7,854most 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.
July 7, 2017	7,854	1.7 days	69,528
February 7, 2018	6,722	1.6 days	80,157
November 24, 2014	6,334	17 hours	55,931
February 3, 2022	6,062	4.3 days	326,410
September 15, 2020	5,542	1.5 hours	6,928

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

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Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
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