When will the power be back in Gainesville, FL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
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:
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; and 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) and 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); and northwest toward Valdosta, GA (98 mi).
Who serves Gainesville?
We track live outage data from Gainesville Regional Utilities ↗, Clay Electric Cooperative, 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. City of Alachua and City of Newberry also serve parts of Alachua County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. For the parent company's combined picture, see Duke Energy outages across every state it serves.
Gainesville's last tracked outage began Sep 29, peaked at 37 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Sep 29 — 37 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 27 — 108 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Sep 26 — 36 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 23 — 47 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of Alachua County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.5 hr. The full record for Alachua County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Gainesville, FL?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. 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?
To check 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.
