When will the power be back in Altoona, PA?
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Altoona is a city of about 42,719 residents in Blair County.
FirstEnergy has reported outages for Altoona by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Altoona 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 Altoona:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Altoona: the closest other places we track are Johnstown, about 30 miles to the southwest; State College, about 35 miles to the northeast; Indiana, about 40 miles to the west; and Chambersburg, about 56 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Greensburg (62 mi W); Cumberland, MD (62 mi S); St. Marys (66 mi N); Murrysville (66 mi W); Carlisle (67 mi E); Waynesboro (68 mi SE); Lower Burrell (69 mi W); and Hagerstown, MD (70 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Olean, NY (109 mi); northeast toward Williamsport (87 mi); east toward Mechanicsburg (76 mi); southeast toward Hanover (89 mi); south toward Martinsburg, WV (76 mi); southwest toward Morgantown, WV (101 mi); west toward Plum (71 mi); and northwest toward Hermitage (118 mi).
Who serves Altoona?
We track live outage data from FirstEnergy in Blair County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Valley Rural Electric Cooperative also serves parts of Blair County — we don't yet read its own live outage map. For the parent company's combined picture, see FirstEnergy outages across every state it serves.
County context: across all of Blair County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 4.3 hr. The full record for Blair County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Altoona, PA?
To check your own street, search an Altoona ZIP code — 16601, 16602 or 16603 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Altoona specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Altoona we have the city-level view: FirstEnergy has published outages for Altoona under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Altoona is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Blair County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Altoona.
