When will the power be back in Gainesville, FL?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring |
How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 19, 7,878 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 1.9 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.
Track current power outages in Gainesville, Florida — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Gainesville is a city in Alachua County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Gainesville directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
Gainesville is a city of about 148,720 residents in Alachua County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Gainesville by name, so this page reports the Alachua County county-wide view, which covers Gainesville. If a serving utility does name Gainesville during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Gainesville: 32601 · 32602 · 32603 · 32604 · 32605 · 32606 · 32607 · 32608 · 32609 · 32610 · 32611 · 32612 · 32614 · 32627 · 32635 · 32641 · 32653 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Gainesville: the closest other places we track are Alachua, about 11 miles to the northwest; Ocala, about 37 miles to the south; Lake City, about 39 miles to the northwest; Palatka, about 41 miles to the east. Also nearby: Green Cove Springs (45 mi NE), Lady Lake (58 mi SE), Jacksonville (61 mi NE), St. Augustine (64 mi E), Wildwood (66 mi S), Palm Coast (67 mi E), Leesburg (69 mi SE), Eustis (70 mi SE). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Waycross, GA (106 mi); northeast toward Jacksonville Beach (71 mi); east toward Ormond Beach (79 mi); southeast toward Tavares (72 mi); south toward Zephyrhills (100 mi).
Who serves Gainesville?
We track live outage data from Central Florida Electric Coop ↗, Clay Electric Coop, Duke Energy Florida, Florida Power & Light and 1 more in Alachua County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.
Gainesville's last tracked outage began Aug 15, peaked at 31 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Aug 15 — 31 customers out, restored in an hour
- Aug 15 — 37 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Aug 14 — 112 customers out, restored in an hour
- Aug 14 — 577 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Gainesville, FL?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Gainesville area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page. For context from Gainesville's own record: across the 4 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Gainesville, FL?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Gainesville area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Gainesville ZIP code — 32601, 32602, 32603, 32604, 32605, 32606, or any of the other 11 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.
How do I report a power outage in Gainesville, FL?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Alachua County include Central Florida Electric Coop, Clay Electric Coop, Duke Energy Florida and others; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
Does this page show Gainesville specifically, or the whole county?
Right now, the Alachua County county-wide view, which covers Gainesville. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Gainesville by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Gainesville. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Alachua (11 mi NW) is the closest place we track separately.
How accurate is the restoration estimate?
Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.
