Power Outages in McCormick County, SC
No live outage feed is available for McCormick County, SC yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 25.3 hours.
McCormick County, SC is served by local tracked utilities.
McCormick 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.
No active NWS alerts for McCormick County right now.
McCormick County has been under 17 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 17, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×9
- Flash Flood Warning ×3
- Flood Advisory ×2
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×2
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in McCormick County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in McCormick County went about 25.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 6,369 customers.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 6,369 customers out) · decade average 41.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 94 | 910 | 4.8 |
| 2016 | 92 | 920 | 1.1 |
| 2017 | 223 | 5,063 | 40.3 |
| 2018 | 261 | 3,312 | 12.9 |
| 2019 | 232 | 2,733 | 17.9 |
| 2020 | 222 | 2,007 | 7.6 |
| 2021 | 222 | 1,895 | 9.1 |
| 2022 | 249 | 4,335 | 14.5 |
| 2023 | 270 | 4,602 | 19.1 |
| 2024 | 279 | 6,369 | 303.2 |
| 2025 | 212 | 3,697 | 25.3 |
Relatively Low hurricanes exposure · 41.4 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 McCormick County: FAQ
- How often does McCormick County, SC lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, McCormick County, SC logged 212 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 25.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in McCormick County, SC?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 6,369 customers without power, beginning September 27, 2024 and lasting about 15d 13h.
- Is there a power outage in McCormick County, SC right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for McCormick County, SC. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within McCormick County.
29835, 29840, 29844, 29845, 29848, 29899
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/45065 and /api/v1/counties/45065/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of South Carolina customers).