When will the power be back in Rainbow City, AL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Rainbow City is a city of about 10,349 residents in Etowah County.
Alabama Power has reported outages for Rainbow City by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Rainbow City 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 Rainbow City:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Rainbow City: the closest other places we track are Gadsden, about 7 miles to the northeast; Boaz, about 19 miles to the north; Jacksonville, about 21 miles to the southeast; and Albertville, about 24 miles to the north. Also nearby: Anniston (24 mi SE), Oxford (27 mi SE), Pell City (28 mi S), Moody (33 mi SW), Clay (34 mi SW), Talladega (35 mi S), Trussville (35 mi SW) and Leeds (38 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Winchester, TN (87 mi); northeast toward Rome, GA (57 mi); east toward Cedartown, GA (49 mi); southeast toward Newnan, GA (85 mi); south toward Sylacauga (53 mi); southwest toward Center Point (39 mi); west toward Cullman (46 mi); and northwest toward Huntsville (62 mi).
Who serves Rainbow City?
We track live outage data from Alabama Power in Etowah County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Cherokee Electric Cooperative, Marshall-DeKalb Electric Cooperative and Coosa Valley Electric Cooperative also serve parts of Etowah County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Rainbow City's last tracked outage began Sep 23, peaked at 49 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Sep 23 — 49 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 13 — 127 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 13 — 29 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 11 — 341 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of Etowah County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.8 hr. The full record for Etowah County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Rainbow City, 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 Rainbow City's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Rainbow City, AL?
To check your own street, search a Rainbow City ZIP code — 35906 — and the map opens on that area.
