When will the power be back in Lenoir, NC?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Lenoir is a city of about 18,280 residents in Caldwell County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Lenoir by name, so this page reports the Caldwell County county-wide view, which covers Lenoir. If a serving utility does name Lenoir during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Lenoir:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Lenoir: the closest other places we track are Morganton, about 15 miles to the southwest; Hickory, about 16 miles to the southeast; Newton, about 24 miles to the southeast; and Lincolnton, about 34 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Statesville (38 mi E), Shelby (43 mi S), Mooresville (45 mi SE), Cornelius (47 mi SE), Gastonia (50 mi SE), Mount Holly (50 mi SE), Huntersville (51 mi SE) and Belmont (55 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Beckley, WV (131 mi); northeast toward Mount Airy (65 mi); east toward Salisbury (60 mi); southeast toward Concord (61 mi); south toward Gaffney, SC (58 mi); southwest toward Hendersonville (66 mi); west toward Asheville (62 mi); and northwest toward Bristol, TN (59 mi).
Who serves Lenoir?
We track live outage data from Duke Energy Carolinas, NC Electric Cooperatives, EnergyUnited EMC and Rutherford EMC in Caldwell County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Town of Granite Falls also serves parts of Caldwell County — we don't yet read its own live outage map. For the parent company's combined picture, see Duke Energy outages across every state it serves.
Lenoir's last tracked outage began Oct 3, peaked at 895 customers out, and was restored in 11 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 3 — 895 customers out, restored in 11 hours
- Sep 30 — 289 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 19 — 137 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Sep 14 — 268 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of Caldwell County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.3 hr. The full record for Caldwell County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Lenoir, NC?
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 Lenoir's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Lenoir, NC?
To check your own street, search a Lenoir ZIP code — 28633 or 28645 — and the map opens on that area.
