Is the power out in 45640?

Live answer for ZIP 45640 (Jackson 5% of the ZIP; Jackson County), from AEP Ohio, updated every 10 minutes.

Right now in 45640

No. The utility reports no outages in 45640 right now.

0.00% of 2,924 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 45640Jackson 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.
45621	Coalton	0	221	0.00%
45692	Wellston / Coalton	fewer than 5	3,645	0.05%
45656	Oak Hill	0	2,664	0.00%
45685	Centerville (Thurman) / Rio Grande	0	287	0.00%

Outage history in Jackson County, which includes 45640

2014–2025 record

Jackson County averaged 28 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Ohio counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 29. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 24 hours, starting February 6, 2025.

The largest on record began September 27, 2024, with 7,698 customers out at once.

28significant 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 (September 2024)

7,698most 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.
September 27, 2024	7,698	4.3 days	344,557
September 5, 2017	4,235	4 hours	10,003
February 28, 2021	4,071	8 hours	11,007
March 4, 2023	3,800	2 days	91,882
June 14, 2022	3,604	3 days	102,224

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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AEP Ohio: 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

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Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
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