When will the power be back in Zanesville, OH?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Zanesville is a city of about 24,916 residents in Muskingum County.
AEP Ohio has reported outages for Zanesville by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when Zanesville 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 Zanesville:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Zanesville: the closest other places we track are Coshocton, about 23 miles to the north; Cambridge, about 23 miles to the east; Heath, about 23 miles to the west; and Newark, about 23 miles to the west. Also nearby: Lancaster (35 mi SW), Pataskala (37 mi W), Mount Vernon (38 mi NW), Pickerington (40 mi W), New Albany (41 mi W), Reynoldsburg (41 mi W), Canal Winchester (43 mi W) and Athens (44 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Wooster (60 mi); northeast toward New Philadelphia (47 mi); east toward Wheeling, WV (70 mi); southeast toward Marietta (48 mi); southwest toward Circleville (55 mi); west toward Gahanna (45 mi); and northwest toward Delaware (60 mi).
Who serves Zanesville?
We track live outage data from AEP Ohio, South Central Power ↗, The Energy Cooperative and Ohio's Electric Cooperatives ↗ in Muskingum 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.
Zanesville's last tracked outage began Oct 1, peaked at 34 customers out, and was restored in 10 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 1 — 34 customers out, restored in 10 hours
- Sep 28 — 181 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 24 — 32 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
- Sep 20 — 80 customers out, restored in 16 hours
County context: across all of Muskingum County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.8 hr. The full record for Muskingum County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Zanesville, 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 Zanesville'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 Zanesville, OH?
To check your own street, search a Zanesville ZIP code — 43701 or 43702 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Zanesville specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Zanesville we have the city-level view: AEP Ohio has published outages for Zanesville under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-21. When Zanesville is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Muskingum County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Zanesville.
