Is the power out in 27878?

Live answer for ZIP 27878 (Sharpsburg 97% of the ZIP; Nash County), from Dominion Energy, updated every 10 minutes.

Right now in 27878

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Nash County as a whole has 0 customers without power.

Outage map

ZIP 27878Nash CountyDominion Energy publishes totals only, not outage locations.

Some utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.

Outage history in Nash County, which includes 27878

2014–2025 record

Nash County averaged 36 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for North Carolina counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 31. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 13 hours, starting June 25, 2025.

The largest on record began August 8, 2023, with 13,209 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in July.

36significant outages a year (2023–2025)

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

Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.

4 dayslongest on record (October 2016)

13,209most customers out at once

Largest events (start)	Peak out	Lasted i How long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.	Customer-hours i Customers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
August 8, 2023	13,209	20 hours	86,508
October 8, 2016	11,824	4 days	484,134
January 22, 2016	10,366	3 days	361,978
October 11, 2018	8,266	1.8 days	147,281
February 15, 2015	8,264	19 hours	44,003

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

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.

If your power is out

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Stay at least 35 feet from downed power lines and report them right away.

Food safety

0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.

Generators, heat and cold

Run generators outside only, at least 20 feet from windows and doors. Never in a garage.
Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.

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