Power Outages in Wilkes County, GA
No live outage feed is available for Wilkes County, GA yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.5 hours.
Wilkes County, GA is served by local tracked utilities.
Wilkes 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
Wilkes County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 18, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×5
- Heat Advisory ×3
- Flash Flood Warning ×1
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Wilkes County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Wilkes County went about 6.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 4,252 customers.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 4,252 customers out) · decade average 8.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 77 | 507 | 0.4 |
| 2016 | 65 | 343 | 0.4 |
| 2017 | 112 | 540 | 4.2 |
| 2018 | 252 | 1,483 | 5.8 |
| 2019 | 292 | 878 | 1.6 |
| 2020 | 245 | 963 | 6.6 |
| 2021 | 274 | 2,495 | 3.0 |
| 2022 | 213 | 1,984 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 250 | 1,115 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 294 | 4,252 | 54.9 |
| 2025 | 293 | 2,760 | 6.5 |
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 8.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Wilkes County: FAQ
- How often does Wilkes County, GA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Wilkes County, GA logged 293 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Wilkes County, GA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 4,252 customers without power, beginning September 27, 2024 and lasting about 10d 15h.
- Is there a power outage in Wilkes County, GA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Wilkes County, GA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Wilkes County.
30660, 30668, 30673
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/13317 and /api/v1/counties/13317/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Georgia customers).