Power Outages in Highland County, VA
No live outage feed is available for Highland County, VA yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 58.4 hours.
Highland County, VA is served by local tracked utilities.
Highland 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.
- Severe Thunderstorm WatchSEVERE
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Highland County has been under 5 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on July 18, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×4
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Highland County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Highland County went about 58.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,878 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 2,155 customers out) · decade average 22.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12 | 678 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 45 | 2,878 | 9.9 |
| 2017 | 53 | 2,870 | 7.5 |
| 2018 | 56 | 396 | 6.5 |
| 2019 | 132 | 1,486 | 27.8 |
| 2020 | 160 | 1,653 | 23.4 |
| 2021 | 140 | 931 | 20.5 |
| 2022 | 182 | 1,802 | 28.2 |
| 2023 | 190 | 1,733 | 27.9 |
| 2024 | 151 | 2,009 | 39.1 |
| 2025 | 225 | 2,155 | 58.4 |
Very Low hurricanes exposure · 22.8 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 Highland County: FAQ
- How often does Highland County, VA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Highland County, VA logged 225 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 58.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Highland County, VA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,878 customers without power, beginning February 12, 2016 and lasting about 1h.
- Is there a power outage in Highland County, VA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Highland County, VA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Highland County.
24413, 24433, 24442, 24458, 24465, 24487
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/51091 and /api/v1/counties/51091/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Virginia customers).