Power outages in Fontana Dam, NC
Live outages for Fontana Dam and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Fontana Dam has 10 residents.
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Fontana DamGraham County
Outage history in Graham County, which includes Fontana Dam
2014–2025 recordGraham County averaged 34.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for North Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 32. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 1.6 days, starting March 5, 2025.
The largest on record began October 29, 2020, with 6,429 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in June.
34.7significant 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.2.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.2.2 dayslongest on record (July 2016)
6,429most 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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| October 29, 2020 | 6,429 | 1.5 days | 47,997 |
| December 2, 2020 | 6,226 | 6 hours | 1,587 |
| November 30, 2020 | 6,225 | 6.5 hours | 16,312 |
| December 1, 2020 | 6,224 | 15 hours | 3,117 |
| October 26, 2020 | 6,191 | 15 minutes | 1,548 |
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.