When will the power be back in Cherokee County, AL?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Cherokee County, AL right now.

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Elsewhere in Alabama: 3,598 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 3:45 PM CDT.

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Who serves Cherokee County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Alabama Power, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Cherokee Electric Cooperative also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Cherokee County, AL

Last significant outage: Aug 2, 2026 — peaked at 558 customers, restored in ~3.5 hr (no severe weather).

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 2, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Cherokee County, AL

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 6 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~36 min (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

That is shorter than the Alabama norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~3.5 hr.

Largest on record: ~510 customers out in June 2019, restored after about 1 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2019.

Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Communities covered

Communities in Cherokee County include Centre, Cedar Bluff, Leesburg, Sand Rock, Gaylesville, Broomtown, Cedar Bluff-Gaylesville and Spring Garden. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Cherokee County, AL?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Cherokee include Alabama Power and Cherokee Electric Cooperative — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

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