Power outages in Sparta, NC
Live outages for Sparta and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Sparta has 1,918 residents.
Right now
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 Alleghany 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
SpartaAlleghany County
Outage history in Alleghany County, which includes Sparta
2014–2025 recordAlleghany County averaged 13.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most North Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 17. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 4.6 days, starting February 12, 2025.
The largest on record began June 10, 2021, with 8,223 customers out at once.
13.3significant 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.1.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.9.6 dayslongest on record (September 2024)
8,223most 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 10, 2021 | 8,223 | 45 minutes | 5,986 |
| September 13, 2016 | 5,385 | 2 hours | 5,994 |
| September 27, 2024 | 4,295 | 9.6 days | 389,589 |
| March 2, 2023 | 3,733 | 2 hours | 3,361 |
| October 23, 2017 | 3,516 | 1.9 days | 53,258 |
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.