When will the power be back in Selma, AL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Selma is a city of about 16,312 residents in Dallas County.
Alabama Power has reported outages for Selma by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Selma is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Selma:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Selma: the closest other places we track are Prattville, about 34 miles to the east; Millbrook, about 39 miles to the east; Montgomery, about 45 miles to the east; and Calera, about 52 miles to the north. Also nearby: Pike Road (56 mi E), Alabaster (57 mi N), Helena (61 mi N), Tuscaloosa (63 mi NW), Pelham (64 mi N), Chelsea (66 mi N), Bessemer (66 mi N) and Northport (67 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Hoover (68 mi); northeast toward Sylacauga (69 mi); east toward Auburn (91 mi); southeast toward Troy (76 mi); south toward Crestview, FL (118 mi); southwest toward Saraland (125 mi); and west toward Meridian, MS (97 mi).
Who serves Selma?
We track live outage data from Alabama Power and Central Alabama Electric Cooperative ↗ in Dallas County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Pioneer Electric Cooperative and Black Warrior Electric Membership Corp also serve parts of Dallas County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Selma's last tracked outage began Sep 28, peaked at 62 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 28 — 62 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 23 — 81 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 21 — 339 customers out, restored in 9 hours
- Sep 16 — 34 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of Dallas County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.8 hr. The full record for Dallas County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Selma, AL?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Selma's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Selma, AL?
To check your own street, search a Selma ZIP code — 36701, 36702 or 36703 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Selma specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Selma we have the city-level view: Alabama Power has published outages for Selma under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Selma is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Dallas County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Selma.
