Power Outages in Athens County, OH
No live outage feed is available for Athens County, OH yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.9 hours.
Athens County, OH is served by local tracked utilities.
Athens 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 Athens County right now.
Athens County has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 18, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×6
- Special Weather Statement ×6
- Flood Watch ×3
- Flash Flood Warning ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Athens County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Athens County went about 4.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 17,613 customers.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 10,663 customers out) · decade average 7.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 551 | 4,076 | 3.8 |
| 2016 | 585 | 8,552 | 4.4 |
| 2017 | 631 | 5,998 | 8.3 |
| 2018 | 713 | 4,151 | 6.2 |
| 2019 | 749 | 11,330 | 8.8 |
| 2020 | 756 | 14,914 | 6.1 |
| 2021 | 749 | 17,613 | 9.7 |
| 2022 | 701 | 10,663 | 12.5 |
| 2023 | 739 | 10,133 | 9.7 |
| 2024 | 776 | 4,154 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 708 | 2,989 | 4.9 |
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 7.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Athens County: FAQ
- How often does Athens County, OH lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Athens County, OH logged 708 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Athens County, OH?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 17,613 customers without power, beginning January 22, 2021 and lasting about 1d 3h.
- Is there a power outage in Athens County, OH right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Athens County, OH. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Athens County.
45701, 45711, 45716, 45719, 45723, 45732, 45735, 45739, 45740, 45761, 45766, 45778, 45780, 45782
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/39009 and /api/v1/counties/39009/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Ohio customers).