When will the power be back in Chillicothe, OH?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Chillicothe is a city of about 21,769 residents in Ross County.
AEP Ohio has reported outages for Chillicothe by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Chillicothe 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 Chillicothe:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Chillicothe: the closest other places we track are Circleville, about 19 miles to the north; Washington Court House, about 27 miles to the northwest; Lancaster, about 34 miles to the northeast; and Canal Winchester, about 36 miles to the north. Also nearby: Grove City (37 mi N), Pickerington (40 mi N), Portsmouth (41 mi S), Bexley (43 mi N), Whitehall (44 mi N), Reynoldsburg (44 mi N), Wilmington (44 mi W) and Columbus (45 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Upper Arlington (48 mi); northeast toward Heath (56 mi); east toward Athens (48 mi); southeast toward Huntington, WV (71 mi); south toward Ironton (58 mi); west toward Centerville (65 mi); and northwest toward London (45 mi).
Who serves Chillicothe?
We track live outage data from AEP Ohio, South Central Power ↗, Buckeye Rural Electric Cooperative and AES Ohio in Ross 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.
Chillicothe's last tracked outage began Sep 30, peaked at 55 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours.
- Sep 30 — 55 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 20 — 154 customers out, restored in 17 hours
- Sep 19 — 27 customers out, restored in 6 hours
- Sep 13 — 54 customers out, restored in 3 hours
County context: across all of Ross County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.5 hr. The full record for Ross County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Chillicothe, 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 Chillicothe's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Chillicothe, OH?
To check your own street, search a Chillicothe ZIP code — 45601 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Chillicothe specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Chillicothe we have the city-level view: AEP Ohio has published outages for Chillicothe under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Chillicothe is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Ross County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Chillicothe.
