Power Outages in Cherokee County, AL
No live outage feed is available for Cherokee County, AL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.0 hours.
Cherokee County, AL is served by local tracked utilities.
Cherokee County's utilities do not report live data to ODIN, so real-time outage counts aren't available here. The historical record below is complete.
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
Cherokee County has been under 64 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on September 2, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×18
- Special Weather Statement ×18
- Flood Watch ×8
- Flash Flood Warning ×7
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×5
- Flood Advisory ×4
Hardest-hit cities in Cherokee County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Cherokee County went about 0.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 510 customers.
Worst year here was 2019 (peak 510 customers out) · decade average 0.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 12 | 45 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 147 | 510 | 0.2 |
| 2020 | 16 | 42 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 30 | 41 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 11 | 41 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 13 | 40 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 42 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 17 | 43 | 0.0 |
Relatively Moderate tornadoes exposure · 0.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Cherokee County: FAQ
- How often does Cherokee County, AL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Cherokee County, AL logged 17 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Cherokee County, AL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 510 customers without power, beginning June 10, 2019 and lasting about 1h.
- Is there a power outage in Cherokee County, AL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Cherokee County, AL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Cherokee County.
35959, 35960, 35973, 35983, 36272
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/01019 and /api/v1/counties/01019/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Alabama customers).