Power outages in Stone County, MS

Live outage counts for Wiggins and the rest of Stone County, updated every 10 minutes from Mississippi Power.

Right now

No outages reported

Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.

0customers without power

A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.

0.00% of 3,273 customersUpdated 7 min ago

We check every utility's outage data every 10 minutes. Each utility updates its own map on its own schedule, usually every 5 to 15 minutes.

Mississippi Power0 / 3,273

Singing River Elec Cooperativeno live feed

This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.

Also serves this county, per federal utility records

From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.

. Check its own outage map.

Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assnno live feed

This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.

Also serves this county, per federal utility records

From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.

. Check its own outage map.

Outage map

County outlineMississippi Power publishes totals only, not outage locations.

Some utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.

Cities and towns

Utility counts by mailing city

Utilities group outages by the city in each customer's mailing address. A city's count can include nearby areas outside its city limits, and only covers that utility's customers.

City	Out	Customers i A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.	% out i Customers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
Wiggins	0	3,432	0.00%

Outage history in Stone County

2014–2025 record

Stone County averaged 30.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Mississippi counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 32. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 8.5 hours, starting November 4, 2025.

The largest on record began October 28, 2020, with 8,600 customers out at once.

30.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)

At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.

1.5 hourstypical (median) length

Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.

4.9 dayslongest on record (October 2020)

8,600most customers out at once

Largest events (start)	Peak out	Lasted i How long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.	Customer-hours i Customers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
October 28, 2020	8,600	4.9 days	424,886
April 5, 2025	6,749	2 hours	5,048
March 11, 2019	5,598	4.5 hours	18,422
November 1, 2019	5,535	1 hour	2,891
March 8, 2025	3,968	30 minutes	1,983

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.

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Food safety

0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.

Generators, heat and cold

Run generators outside only, at least 20 feet from windows and doors. Never in a garage.
Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.