Power outages in Dobson, NC
Live outages for Dobson and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Dobson has 1,474 residents.
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No outages reported
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Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.0customers without power in Surry County
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A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.Outage map
DobsonSurry County
Outage history in Surry County, which includes Dobson
2014–2025 recordSurry County averaged 79.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most North Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 87. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 12 hours, starting July 12, 2025.
The largest on record began September 27, 2024, with 19,967 customers out at once.
79.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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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.2 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.4.2 dayslongest on record (September 2024)
19,967most customers out at once
| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| September 27, 2024 | 19,967 | 4.2 days | 615,699 |
| June 28, 2023 | 5,469 | 1.5 hours | 8,203 |
| March 2, 2018 | 5,454 | 1.8 days | 97,108 |
| January 7, 2025 | 5,411 | 5 hours | 13,436 |
| April 1, 2023 | 4,366 | 26 hours | 30,375 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
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.