When will the power be back in Waycross, GA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Waycross is a city of about 13,671 residents in Ware County.
Georgia Power has reported outages for Waycross by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Waycross 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 Waycross:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Waycross: the closest other places we track are Douglas, about 36 miles to the northwest; Jesup, about 39 miles to the northeast; Kingsland, about 46 miles to the southeast; and Brunswick, about 52 miles to the east. Also nearby: St. Marys (56 mi SE); Valdosta (60 mi SW); Hinesville (61 mi NE); Fernandina Beach, FL (66 mi SE); Vidalia (69 mi N); Tifton (71 mi W); Lake City, FL (73 mi S); and Jacksonville, FL (73 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Statesboro (91 mi); northeast toward Richmond Hill (78 mi); southeast toward Atlantic Beach, FL (84 mi); south toward Alachua, FL (99 mi); southwest toward Tallahassee, FL (124 mi); west toward Moultrie (84 mi); and northwest toward Perry (119 mi).
Who serves Waycross?
We track live outage data from Georgia Power and Satilla REMC ↗ in Ware County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Slash Pine Electric Membership Corp and Okefenoke Rural Electric Membership Corp also serve parts of Ware County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Waycross's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 37 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Oct 2 — 37 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 27 — 49 customers out, restored in 55 minutes
- Sep 21 — 36 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 13 — 50 customers out, restored in 55 minutes
County context: across all of Ware County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2 hr. The full record for Ware County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Waycross, GA?
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 Waycross's own record: across the 6 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 Waycross, GA?
To check your own street, search a Waycross ZIP code — 31501, 31502 or 31503 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Waycross specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Waycross we have the city-level view: Georgia Power has published outages for Waycross under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Waycross is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Ware County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Waycross.
