Power Outages in Orangeburg County, SC
No live outage feed is available for Orangeburg County, SC yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.2 hours.
Orangeburg County, SC is served by local tracked utilities.
Orangeburg 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
Orangeburg County has been under 38 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 18, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×14
- Special Weather Statement ×9
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×6
- Flood Advisory ×4
- Flash Flood Warning ×3
- Heat Advisory ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Orangeburg County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Orangeburg County went about 1.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 14,062 customers.
Worst year here was 2016 (peak 12,550 customers out) · decade average 3.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 458 | 1,186 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | 372 | 12,550 | 9.9 |
| 2017 | 730 | 5,775 | 1.2 |
| 2018 | 786 | 5,128 | 1.6 |
| 2019 | 830 | 4,274 | 2.0 |
| 2020 | 888 | 14,062 | 6.7 |
| 2021 | 840 | 4,784 | 2.3 |
| 2022 | 678 | 8,076 | 2.2 |
| 2023 | 854 | 5,755 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 773 | 9,653 | 6.3 |
| 2025 | 843 | 6,191 | 1.2 |
Relatively High hurricanes exposure · 3.2 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 Orangeburg County: FAQ
- How often does Orangeburg County, SC lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Orangeburg County, SC logged 843 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Orangeburg County, SC?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 14,062 customers without power, beginning April 13, 2020 and lasting about 2d 15h.
- Is there a power outage in Orangeburg County, SC right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Orangeburg County, SC. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Orangeburg County.
29018, 29038, 29039, 29047, 29048, 29059, 29107, 29112, 29113, 29115, 29117, 29118, 29133, 29142, 29146, 29163, 29432
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/45075 and /api/v1/counties/45075/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of South Carolina customers).