Power Outages in Saluda County, SC
No live outage feed is available for Saluda County, SC yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 16.7 hours.
Saluda County, SC is served by local tracked utilities.
Saluda 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 Saluda County right now.
Saluda County has been under 15 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 18, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×5
- Special Weather Statement ×5
- Flood Advisory ×3
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Saluda County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Saluda County went about 16.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 16,995 customers.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 15,102 customers out) · decade average 19.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 256 | 2,072 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 212 | 4,067 | 2.2 |
| 2017 | 606 | 6,211 | 12.0 |
| 2018 | 504 | 4,135 | 4.3 |
| 2019 | 442 | 4,830 | 4.5 |
| 2020 | 461 | 4,214 | 4.6 |
| 2021 | 441 | 16,995 | 4.6 |
| 2022 | 491 | 4,402 | 5.5 |
| 2023 | 623 | 3,987 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 631 | 15,102 | 155.9 |
| 2025 | 310 | 12,782 | 16.7 |
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 19.6 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 Saluda County: FAQ
- How often does Saluda County, SC lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Saluda County, SC logged 310 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 16.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Saluda County, SC?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 16,995 customers without power, beginning July 28, 2021 and lasting about 1h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Saluda County, SC right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Saluda County, SC. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Saluda County.
29006, 29138, 29166
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/45081 and /api/v1/counties/45081/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of South Carolina customers).