Power Outages in Burke County, GA
No live outage feed is available for Burke County, GA yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.7 hours.
Burke County, GA is served by local tracked utilities.
Burke County's utilities do not report live data to ODIN, so real-time outage counts aren't available here. The historical record below is complete.
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
Burke County has been under 13 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 18, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×6
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×4
- Flood Advisory ×1
- Heat Advisory ×1
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Burke County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Burke County went about 2.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 6,898 customers.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 6,898 customers out) · decade average 8.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 410 | 1,200 | 1.4 |
| 2016 | 380 | 2,774 | 1.6 |
| 2017 | 319 | 1,915 | 3.6 |
| 2018 | 346 | 4,311 | 4.1 |
| 2019 | 402 | 961 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 385 | 1,717 | 1.7 |
| 2021 | 380 | 2,064 | 1.3 |
| 2022 | 401 | 2,148 | 3.1 |
| 2023 | 414 | 1,325 | 1.9 |
| 2024 | 442 | 6,898 | 70.7 |
| 2025 | 626 | 1,868 | 2.7 |
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 8.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Burke County: FAQ
- How often does Burke County, GA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Burke County, GA logged 626 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Burke County, GA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 6,898 customers without power, beginning September 27, 2024 and lasting about 20d 21h.
- Is there a power outage in Burke County, GA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Burke County, GA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Burke County.
30426, 30456, 30816, 30830
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/13033 and /api/v1/counties/13033/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Georgia customers).