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Power Outages in Vinton County, OH

Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc, Ohio Power Co and South Central Power Company publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 15.8 hours.

Vinton County, OH is served by 3 tracked utilities.

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Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc, Ohio Power Co and South Central Power Company publish no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Vinton County

0.0%of this county's ~7,473 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

System-wide total only, no county split: Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc, Ohio Power Co, South Central Power Company.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Ohio Power CoLive · total onlynot by county------
South Central Power CompanyLive · total onlynot by county------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Vinton Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.

Power-dependent
223
Oxygen service
111
Dialysis (facility)
44
Home health / hospice
77
By ZIP code (7)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
4565198≤1182≤11
4564743≤11390
45634340280
45698≤110≤110
45695≤110≤110
45654≤110≤110
45622≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Vinton County, OH

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Vinton County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Vinton County

Vinton County has been under 91 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flood Warning on September 25, 2026.

  • Flood Warning ×45
  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×14
  • Special Weather Statement ×14
  • Flash Flood Warning ×12
  • Flood Watch ×4
  • Tornado Warning ×2

Latest Vinton County, OH outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 15m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 24, 2026

  3. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 114 customers out (1.5% of the county)

  4. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1d 15h

  5. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 22, 2026

  6. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 22, 2026

  7. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 22, 2026

  8. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 22, 2026

Outage trend · Vinton County, OH
0customers out · peak 16
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Vinton County, OH: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 16 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.05101520Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Hardest-hit cities in Vinton County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Vinton County went about 15.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 4,094 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

The US EIA reports Ohio utilities averaged 3.4 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 15.8 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Vinton County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 8.5h, 2016 11.9h, 2017 12.2h, 2018 10.7h, 2019 13.3h, 2020 7.7h, 2021 7.9h, 2022 21.0h, 2023 26.6h, 2024 30.1h, 2025 15.8h. Highlighted: 2024.0102030408.5h201511.9h201612.2h201710.7h201813.3h20197.7h20207.9h202121.0h202226.6h202330.1h202415.8h2025
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Worst year here was 2024 (peak 2,735 customers out) · decade average 15.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20152684,0948.5
20163092,77611.9
201735491912.2
20184101,15810.7
20194421,31313.3
20204251,6037.7
20214191,3467.9
20224571,96921.0
20234703,34526.6
20244912,73530.1
20255621,55515.8

Cost of power in Vinton County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Vinton County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.

19.1¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 38% since 2015
vs Ohio avg 19.4¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
April 20, 20154,09411h 30m
September 8, 20154,05913h 15m
March 3, 20233,3455d 1h
June 23, 20162,7761d 8h
September 27, 20242,7355d 13h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Low ice storms exposure · 15.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

HurricaneVery Low
TornadoVery Low
Ice stormRelatively Low
Strong windVery Low
WildfireVery Low

FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.

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Power outages in Vinton County: FAQ

How often does Vinton County, OH lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Vinton County, OH logged 562 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 15.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Vinton County, OH?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 4,094 customers without power, beginning April 20, 2015 and lasting about 11h 30m.
Is there a power outage in Vinton County, OH right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Vinton County, OH. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Vinton County, OH?
Tracked electric providers include Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc, Ohio Power Co, South Central Power Company.
Nearby counties
Athens CountyGallia CountyHocking CountyJackson County
ZIP codes in Vinton County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Vinton County.

45622, 45634, 45647, 45651, 45654, 45672, 45695, 45698

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Ohio Power Co3.7 hrsLive · total only
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South Central Power Company5.0 hrsLive · total only-
Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc16.6 hrsLive · total only-

Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Ohio customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/39163 and /api/v1/counties/39163/history.