When will the power be back in Fairmont, WV?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Fairmont is a city of about 18,063 residents in Marion County.
FirstEnergy WV has reported outages for Fairmont by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Fairmont 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 Fairmont:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Fairmont: the closest other places we track are Morgantown, about 16 miles to the northeast; Clarksburg, about 16 miles to the southwest; McKeesport, PA, about 62 miles to the north; and West Mifflin, PA, about 62 miles to the north. Also nearby: Munhall, PA (65 mi N); Steubenville, OH (67 mi NW); Pittsburgh, PA (67 mi N); Weirton (68 mi N); Monroeville, PA (69 mi N); Marietta, OH (69 mi W); Plum, PA (74 mi N); and Vienna (75 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Youngstown, OH (115 mi); east toward Cumberland, MD (75 mi); southwest toward Charleston (112 mi); west toward Parkersburg (76 mi); and northwest toward Cambridge, OH (85 mi).
Who serves Fairmont?
We track live outage data from FirstEnergy WV and Ohio's Electric Cooperatives ↗ in Marion County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Fairmont's last tracked outage began Oct 11, peaked at 257 customers out, and was restored in 11 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 11 — 257 customers out, restored in 11 hours
- Oct 9 — 26 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Oct 8 — 196 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Oct 7 — 217 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Marion County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.9 hr. The full record for Marion County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Fairmont, WV?
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 Fairmont's own record: across the 6 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 Fairmont, WV?
To check your own street, search a Fairmont ZIP code — 26554 or 26555 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Fairmont specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Fairmont we have the city-level view: FirstEnergy WV has published outages for Fairmont under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Fairmont is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Marion County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Fairmont.
