Power Out Map
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Power outage history

Quitman County Georgia

18hours

without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025

37th most of 156 in Georgia 2.8× the national median

Worst outage on record Hurricane Michael · Oct 10, 2018 100% of customers out · 90% back in 4.5 days
Hours without power, average customer per year 18h / yr State average 6.7 h · national median 6.6 h
Major outages a year 9.4 Peaks over 10% of customers or 50,000 customers
Typical time to restore 90% 2hours Median across major outages, from the peak
Longest single outage 4.9days Hurricane Michael, over 1% of customers out
Outage hours on storm days 59% Share falling on days with a NOAA storm report here
Worst year 2018 2.9 days without power, average customer
Electricity customers 888 ORNL customer model · 8 well-covered years

Every day since 2015

Eleven years, one night at a time

Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of Quitman's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.

20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
0%100% of customers out

Year by year

Hours in the dark, per customer

2018 was the worst well-recorded year, at 2.9 days for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.

Quitman, hours without power per customer

QuitmanUS median countyGeorgia average
0 20 40 60 80 ’15 ’16 22 ’17 70 ’18 14 ’19 14 ’20 5.0 ’21 12 ’22 16 ’23 8.0 ’24 8.2 ’25 GA 6.7 US 6.6

The record

The biggest outages since 2015

Ranked by customer-hours lost: customers out multiplied by how long they stayed out. Times are local.

Began Storm Peak out Share Lasted 90% restored Customer-hours
Oct 10, 2018 Hurricane Michael 888 100% 4.9 d 4.5 d 54k
Sep 11, 2017 Hurricane Irma 457 51% 2.3 d 2.0 d 11k
Apr 3, 2017 Thunderstorms 683 77% 14 h 10 h 7.1k
Aug 24, 2019 No storm report 697 78% 7.2 h 7.5 h 5.1k
Aug 31, 2020 No storm report 685 77% 7.8 h 7.8 h 5.0k
Jun 14, 2023 Tornadoes 258 29% 25 h 23 h 4.3k
Jan 28, 2015 No storm report 697 78% 4.5 h 4.2 h 3.1k
Jun 15, 2022 Thunderstorms 728 82% 5.0 h 3.2 h 2.8k
Aug 8, 2023 Thunderstorms 837 94% 4.5 h 4.0 h 2.7k
Apr 16, 2022 No storm report 498 56% 5.2 h 5.2 h 2.6k
Nov 1, 2023 No storm report 619 70% 4.2 h 9.0 h 2.5k
Jun 2, 2025 No storm report 717 81% 6.2 h 5.0 h 2.1k

After the peak

How fast the lights come back

Each line is one major outage, from its peak. The amber line is the typical path.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% peak+24h+48h+72h+96h half back by +6h 90% by +8h

When it happens

The outage clock

Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.

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What was happening

Weather behind the outages

Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Quitman from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.

  • Tropical storm 46%
  • No storm on record 41%
  • Thunderstorms 8.5%
  • Tornadoes 4.3%

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities serving Quitman

As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Georgia territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.

Utility Type Outage min / yr Excl. major storms Outages / yr Residential ¢/kWh Customers
Georgia Power Co Investor Owned 287 155 1.83 16.3 2.5M
Diverse Power Incorporated Cooperative 504 116 2.21 17.2 33k
Sumter Electric Member Corp Cooperative 159 134 – 14.6 15k

EIA Form 861, latest year each utility reported. Outage minutes are SAIDI, the yearly minutes the average customer goes without power; outages a year are SAIFI.

Next door

Neighbouring counties

Across Georgia

Where it is darkest

Hours / yr64+

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About these numbers

Notes

Outages come from the EAGLE-I record of utility outage maps collected every 15 minutes by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hours without power are customer-hours divided by the county's 888 electricity customers. Averages use well-covered years from 2018. Outages shorter than 15 minutes, and utilities that publish no outage map, are not in the record, so these figures understate the total. How every number is made →