When will the power be back in Buford, GA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Buford is a city of about 18,642 residents in Gwinnett County.
Georgia Power has reported outages for Buford by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Buford is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Buford:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Buford: the closest other places we track are Sugar Hill, about 4 miles to the west; Flowery Branch, about 6 miles to the northeast; Suwanee, about 7 miles to the southwest; and Cumming, about 10 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Auburn (11 mi SE), Lawrenceville (12 mi S), Duluth (12 mi SW), Johns Creek (14 mi SW), Gainesville (15 mi NE), Alpharetta (17 mi W), Peachtree Corners (17 mi SW) and Winder (18 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: east toward Jefferson (22 mi); southeast toward Monroe (27 mi); south toward Snellville (18 mi); southwest toward Norcross (18 mi); west toward Milton (19 mi); and northwest toward Calhoun (60 mi).
Who serves Buford?
We track live outage data from Georgia Power, Jackson EMC, Walton EMC and Sawnee EMC in Gwinnett County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Buford, City of Lawrenceville and City of Norcross also serve parts of Gwinnett County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Buford's last tracked outage began Sep 20, peaked at 404 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 20 — 404 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 18 — 28 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 17 — 1,016 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 12 — 330 customers out, restored in 5 hours
County context: across all of Gwinnett County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.5 hr. The full record for Gwinnett County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Buford, GA?
To check your own street, search a Buford ZIP code — 30515, 30518 or 30519 — and the map opens on that area.
