When will the power be back in Waynesville, NC?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Waynesville is a town of about 10,709 residents in Haywood County.
Duke Energy Carolinas has reported outages for Waynesville by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when Waynesville 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 Waynesville:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Waynesville: the closest other places we track are Asheville, about 26 miles to the east; Hendersonville, about 33 miles to the east; Sevierville, TN, about 42 miles to the northwest; and Morristown, TN, about 52 miles to the north. Also nearby: Clemson, SC (56 mi S); Greenville, SC (57 mi SE); Mauldin, SC (63 mi SE); Simpsonville, SC (67 mi SE); Morganton (75 mi E); Kingsport, TN (76 mi N); Gaffney, SC (81 mi E); and Shelby (83 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Bristol, TN (86 mi); east toward Lenoir (88 mi); south toward Athens, GA (108 mi); southwest toward Gainesville, GA (95 mi); and west toward Athens, TN (90 mi).
Who serves Waynesville?
We track live outage data from Duke Energy Carolinas and Haywood EMC in Haywood County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Town of Waynesville also serves parts of Haywood 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.
Waynesville's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 28 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 2 — 28 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Oct 1 — 77 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 25 — 51 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 19 — 32 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Haywood County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.9 hr. The full record for Haywood County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Waynesville, 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 Waynesville'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 Waynesville, NC?
To check your own street, search a Waynesville ZIP code — 28785 or 28786 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Waynesville specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Waynesville we have the city-level view: Duke Energy Carolinas has published outages for Waynesville under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-21. When Waynesville is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Haywood County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Waynesville.
