Power Outages in Sumter County, AL
No live outage feed is available for Sumter County, AL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 14.8 hours.
Sumter County, AL is served by local tracked utilities.
Sumter 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
Sumter County has been under 74 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on September 3, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×41
- Special Weather Statement ×23
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×6
- Extreme Heat Warning ×3
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Sumter County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Sumter County went about 14.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,412 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 1,990 customers out) · decade average 8.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 71 | 850 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | 497 | 1,044 | 4.2 |
| 2019 | 520 | 848 | 4.7 |
| 2020 | 522 | 1,511 | 7.8 |
| 2021 | 522 | 3,412 | 12.3 |
| 2022 | 507 | 2,598 | 9.4 |
| 2023 | 542 | 2,596 | 9.2 |
| 2024 | 511 | 1,604 | 8.4 |
| 2025 | 552 | 1,990 | 14.8 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 8.0 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 Sumter County: FAQ
- How often does Sumter County, AL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Sumter County, AL logged 552 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 14.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Sumter County, AL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,412 customers without power, beginning October 19, 2021 and lasting about 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Sumter County, AL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Sumter County, AL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Sumter County.
35459, 35460, 35464, 35470, 35477, 36901, 36907, 36925
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/01119 and /api/v1/counties/01119/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Alabama customers).