When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Ashland, KY?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Boyd County, Kentucky
5
customers reported out in Ashland · live from Kentucky Power (AEP) · updated 10:06 PM EDT
Utility restoration time for Ashland: ~4.5 hr from now
Across the whole county (Boyd, Kentucky, all utilities): 5 reported out — a broader count from a different source; don't add it to the Ashland figure above.
Open the live outage map Report an outage — official utility site ↗
Utility informationOur restoration forecast
Official ETA, when the utility posts oneIndependent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first
Utility-reported status & customer countsConfidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring

How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 19, 7,878 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 1.9 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.

Track current power outages in Ashland, Kentucky — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Ashland is a city in Boyd County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Ashland directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for Ashland

Ashland is a city of about 21,066 residents in Boyd County.

Kentucky Power has reported outages for Ashland by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Ashland 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 Ashland: 41101 · 41102 · 41105 · 41114 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Ashland: the closest other places we track are Ironton, OH, about 5 miles to the north; Huntington, WV, about 12 miles to the east; Portsmouth, OH, about 26 miles to the northwest; St. Albans, WV, about 45 miles to the east. Also nearby: South Charleston, WV (51 mi E), Charleston, WV (55 mi E), Chillicothe, OH (64 mi N), Athens, OH (67 mi NE), Circleville, OH (81 mi N), Parkersburg, WV (81 mi NE), Vienna, WV (84 mi NE), Washington Court House, OH (86 mi NW). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Lancaster, OH (87 mi); northeast toward Marietta, OH (93 mi); southeast toward Beckley, WV (92 mi); southwest toward Richmond (103 mi); west toward Paris (90 mi); northwest toward Wilmington, OH (92 mi).

Who serves Ashland?

We track live outage data from Kentucky Power ↗ in Boyd County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.

Recent outages tracked in Ashland

Ashland's last tracked outage began Aug 14, peaked at 26 customers out, and was restored in 35 minutes. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.

  • Aug 14 — 26 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
  • Aug 14 — 44 customers out, restored in 5 hours
  • Aug 14 — 28 customers out, restored in 2 hours
  • Aug 13 — 33 customers out, restored in an hour
Tracked by this site's own monitoring of the serving utilities' live feeds (outages of 25+ customers; times are US Eastern). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.
Longer-term outage history — Boyd County, KY (covers Ashland)
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 373 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 2 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~3.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is longer than the Kentucky norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2.3 hr.
Largest on record: ~17,376 customers out in February 2021, restored after about 14.5 days. 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.

Common questions

When will my power be back on in Ashland, KY?

It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Ashland area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page. For context from Ashland'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 Ashland, KY?

This page is a live power outage status check for the Ashland area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Ashland ZIP code — 41101, 41102, 41105, 41114 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.

How do I report a power outage in Ashland, KY?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Boyd County include Kentucky Power; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Does this page show Ashland specifically, or the whole county?

Both, and for Ashland we have the city-level view: Kentucky Power has published outages for Ashland under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Ashland is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Boyd County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Ashland.

How accurate is the restoration estimate?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.

Ashland, KY — live power outage tracker