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ZIP 28671Burke County

Outage history in Burke County, which includes 28671

2014–2025 record

Burke County averaged 63 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for North Carolina counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 44. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 15 hours, starting June 15, 2025.

The largest on record began September 27, 2024, with 35,178 customers out at once.

63significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt 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
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
14 dayslongest on record (September 2024)
35,178most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
September 27, 202435,17814 days4,541,139
October 29, 202010,1293.5 days329,624
November 10, 20237,6465 hours34,498
August 7, 20235,65425 hours31,246
October 23, 20175,2283.3 days276,403

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

iFrom 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.

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