Power Outages in Russell County, AL
No live outage feed is available for Russell County, AL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.7 hours.
Russell County, AL is served by local tracked utilities.
Russell 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.
No active NWS alerts for Russell County right now.
Russell County has been under 1 National Weather Service alert recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 18, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Russell County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Russell County went about 2.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 4,718 customers.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 2,988 customers out) · decade average 3.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 141 | 1,150 | 0.3 |
| 2018 | 792 | 2,988 | 5.7 |
| 2019 | 891 | 3,389 | 4.5 |
| 2020 | 882 | 4,718 | 5.3 |
| 2021 | 889 | 2,694 | 3.0 |
| 2022 | 959 | 1,711 | 3.0 |
| 2023 | 899 | 2,038 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 893 | 2,370 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 902 | 3,459 | 2.7 |
Relatively Low hurricanes exposure · 3.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Russell County: FAQ
- How often does Russell County, AL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Russell County, AL logged 902 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Russell County, AL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 4,718 customers without power, beginning May 17, 2020 and lasting about 2h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Russell County, AL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Russell County, AL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Russell County.
36851, 36856, 36858, 36860, 36867, 36869, 36871, 36875
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/01113 and /api/v1/counties/01113/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Alabama customers).