When will the power be back in Botetourt County, VA?
See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Virginia
58
customers reported out in Botetourt County, VA
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Official restoration time (Appalachian Power): Oct 4, 3:30 PM EDT· its own reports for places here carry 2 different times, the earliest Oct 4, 12:00 PM EDT
County-wide restoration outlook: grew sharply just now — past outages here of any size in the same kind of weather ran ~4 hr start to finish (4 on record)
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
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Updated 3:25 AM EDT.
458county-wide trend of customers without power · last 17 hr · tap or hover a point to see its number
Communities with reported outages — from the utilities that publish city-by-city detail for this county
Blue Ridge — 46 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 3:30 PM EDT
Fincastle — 11 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 12:00 PM EDT
Buchanan — <5 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 12:00 PM EDT
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An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Craig-Botetourt Electric Cooperative also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider. For the parent companies' combined pictures, see AEP outages across every state it serves and Dominion Energy outages across every state it serves.
Outage history — Botetourt County, VA
Last significant outage: Oct 3, 2026 — peaked at 232 customers, restored in ~6.7 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 6 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 5.8 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 10, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Botetourt County, VA
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
396 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025.
Typical restoration ran ~4.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~5,264 customers out in March 2018, restored after about 2.6 days. The busiest year on record here was 2025.
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.
Communities covered
Communities in Botetourt County include Buchanan, Fincastle, Troutville, Blue Ridge, Cloverdale, Daleville, Eagle Rock and Glen Wilton. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in Botetourt County, VA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Botetourt include Appalachian Power, Dominion Energy and Craig-Botetourt Electric Cooperative — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
