Power Outages in Putnam County, TN
No live outage feed is available for Putnam County, TN yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.2 hours.
Putnam County, TN is served by local tracked utilities.
Putnam 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.
- Special Weather StatementMODERATE
Putnam County has been under 9 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 18, 2026.
- Flash Flood Warning ×3
- Flood Watch ×3
- Special Weather Statement ×2
- Dense Fog Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Putnam County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Putnam County went about 1.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,330 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 2,070 customers out) · decade average 0.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 490 | 1,979 | 0.4 |
| 2020 | 157 | 1,345 | 0.3 |
| 2021 | 140 | 527 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 152 | 1,168 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 188 | 1,311 | 0.4 |
| 2024 | 229 | 2,330 | 0.3 |
| 2025 | 216 | 2,070 | 1.2 |
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 0.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Putnam County: FAQ
- How often does Putnam County, TN lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Putnam County, TN logged 216 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Putnam County, TN?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,330 customers without power, beginning December 5, 2024 and lasting about 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Putnam County, TN right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Putnam County, TN. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Putnam County.
38501, 38503, 38505, 38506, 38544, 38548, 38574, 38582
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/47141 and /api/v1/counties/47141/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Tennessee customers).