Power outages in Murphy, NC
Live outages for Murphy and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Murphy has 1,808 residents.
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MurphyCherokee County
Outage history in Cherokee County, which includes Murphy
2014–2025 recordCherokee County averaged 72 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most North Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 71. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 34 hours, starting March 4, 2025.
The largest on record began June 7, 2025, with 6,850 customers out at once.
72significant 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.2.6 dayslongest on record (December 2018)
6,850most 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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| June 7, 2025 | 6,850 | 29 hours | 55,366 |
| July 11, 2022 | 6,743 | 9 hours | 11,736 |
| October 29, 2020 | 6,600 | 1.7 days | 91,681 |
| July 1, 2023 | 5,822 | 19 hours | 35,536 |
| July 30, 2024 | 5,109 | 19 hours | 25,364 |
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.