When will the power be back in Falls Church, VA?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring |
How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Sep 22, 15,200 completed outages have been graded this way — typical (median) error 1.7 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 2.7 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.
Track current power outages in Falls Church, Virginia — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Falls Church is a city in Falls Church; when the serving utility's own outage map reports Falls Church directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the city-wide view as context.
Falls Church is a city of about 15,034 residents in Falls Church.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Falls Church by name, so this page reports the Falls Church city-wide view, which covers Falls Church. If a serving utility does name Falls Church during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Falls Church:
Falls Church also extends into a neighboring city: 22041 · 22042 · 22043 · 22044. Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Falls Church: the closest other places we track are Vienna, about 5 miles to the west; Alexandria, about 7 miles to the southeast; Fairfax, about 7 miles to the west; Washington, DC, about 9 miles to the east. Also nearby: Takoma Park, MD (11 mi NE), Herndon (13 mi NW), Hyattsville, MD (13 mi NE), Rockville, MD (14 mi N), College Park, MD (15 mi NE), Manassas Park (16 mi SW), New Carrollton, MD (17 mi E), Greenbelt, MD (17 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Gaithersburg, MD (17 mi); northeast toward Laurel, MD (22 mi); east toward Bowie, MD (24 mi); southeast toward La Plata, MD (26 mi); south toward Richmond (95 mi); southwest toward Manassas (19 mi); west toward Warrenton (35 mi); northwest toward Leesburg (25 mi).
Who serves Falls Church?
We track live outage data from Dominion Energy in Falls Church — but several utilities can serve one city, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see Dominion Energy outages across every state it serves. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.
Falls Church's last tracked outage began Sep 22, peaked at 390 customers out, and was restored in 6 hours. Across the 3 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 6 hours.
- Sep 22 — 390 customers out, restored in 6 hours
- Sep 4 — 462 customers out, restored in 16 hours
- Sep 3 — 404 customers out, restored in 2 hours
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Falls Church, VA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Falls Church area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page. For context from Falls Church's own record: across the 3 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 6 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Falls Church, VA?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Falls Church area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Falls Church ZIP code — 22040, 22046 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.
How do I report a power outage in Falls Church, VA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Falls Church include Dominion Energy; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
Does this page show Falls Church specifically, or the whole county?
Right now, the Falls Church city-wide view, which covers Falls Church. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Falls Church by name; utilities here have so far reported only city-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Falls Church. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Vienna (5 mi W) is the closest place we track separately.
How accurate is the restoration estimate?
Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.
