When will the power be back in Lancaster, OH?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Lancaster is a city of about 41,671 residents in Fairfield County.
AEP Ohio has reported outages for Lancaster by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Lancaster 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 Lancaster:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Lancaster: the closest other places we track are Canal Winchester, about 14 miles to the northwest; Pickerington, about 14 miles to the northwest; Reynoldsburg, about 19 miles to the northwest; and Circleville, about 19 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Pataskala (21 mi N), Heath (22 mi NE), Whitehall (22 mi NW), Bexley (24 mi NW), Gahanna (25 mi NW), Newark (26 mi N), Grove City (27 mi W) and New Albany (27 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Mount Vernon (46 mi); northeast toward Zanesville (35 mi); east toward Cambridge (58 mi); southeast toward Athens (39 mi); south toward Portsmouth (70 mi); southwest toward Chillicothe (34 mi); west toward Washington Court House (46 mi); and northwest toward Columbus (27 mi).
Who serves Lancaster?
We track live outage data from South Central Power ↗ and AEP Ohio in Fairfield County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see AEP outages across every state it serves.
Lancaster's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 31 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 2 — 31 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 28 — 33 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
- Sep 22 — 102 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 20 — 408 customers out, restored in 9 hours
County context: across all of Fairfield County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.3 hr. The full record for Fairfield County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Lancaster, OH?
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 Lancaster's own record: across the 6 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 Lancaster, OH?
To check your own street, search a Lancaster ZIP code — 43130 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Lancaster specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Lancaster we have the city-level view: AEP Ohio has published outages for Lancaster under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Lancaster is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Fairfield County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Lancaster.
