When will the power be back in Bessemer, AL?

Bessemer is a city of about 25,079 residents in Jefferson County.

Alabama Power has reported outages for Bessemer by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Bessemer 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 Bessemer:

• 35020
• 35021
• 35022
• 35023

Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Bessemer: the closest other places we track are Helena, about 8 miles to the southeast; Pelham, about 13 miles to the east; Alabaster, about 14 miles to the southeast; and Birmingham, about 15 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Chelsea (20 mi E), Calera (21 mi SE), Gardendale (23 mi NE), Leeds (26 mi NE), Trussville (29 mi NE), Moody (32 mi NE), Tuscaloosa (33 mi W) and Northport (37 mi W).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Madison (93 mi); northeast toward Rainbow City (64 mi); east toward Pell City (43 mi); southeast toward Alexander City (68 mi); south toward Selma (66 mi); southwest toward Meridian, MS (121 mi); and northwest toward Jasper (37 mi).

Bessemer's last tracked outage began Oct 6, peaked at 105 customers out, and was restored in 4 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.

• Oct 6 — 105 customers out, restored in 4 hours
• Oct 5 — 55 customers out, restored in 6 hours
• Oct 4 — 319 customers out, restored in 8 hours
• Oct 4 — 179 customers out, restored in an hour