Power outages in Gaffney, SC
Live outages for Gaffney and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Gaffney has 12,583 residents.
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GaffneyCherokee County
Outage history in Cherokee County, which includes Gaffney
2014–2025 recordCherokee County averaged 25 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for South Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 28. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 11 hours, starting August 30, 2025.
The largest on record began September 27, 2024, with 20,452 customers out at once.
25significant 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.11 dayslongest on record (September 2024)
20,452most 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 | 20,452 | 11 days | 2,646,920 |
| June 16, 2022 | 12,546 | 22 hours | 58,796 |
| November 8, 2025 | 5,450 | 5.5 hours | 8,935 |
| October 23, 2017 | 4,511 | 30 hours | 44,976 |
| May 22, 2020 | 4,302 | 20 hours | 37,516 |
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.