Power outages in Old Fort, NC
Live outages for Old Fort and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Old Fort has 797 residents.
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Old FortMcDowell County
Outage history in McDowell County, which includes Old Fort
2014–2025 recordMcDowell County averaged 53.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for North Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 59. Half were over within 3 hours; the longest lasted 25 hours, starting February 12, 2025.
The largest on record began September 27, 2024, with 43,021 customers out at once.
53.7significant 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.20 dayslongest on record (September 2024)
43,021most 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 | 43,021 | 20 days | 4,530,201 |
| August 17, 2021 | 14,647 | 26 hours | 60,912 |
| December 22, 2021 | 3,884 | 4 hours | 15,536 |
| February 2, 2021 | 3,872 | 30 minutes | 1,936 |
| October 14, 2015 | 3,751 | 1.5 hours | 4,290 |
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.