When will the power be back in Gaffney, SC?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Gaffney is a city of about 12,546 residents in Cherokee County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Gaffney by name, so this page reports the Cherokee County county-wide view, which covers Gaffney. If a serving utility does name Gaffney during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Gaffney:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Gaffney: the closest other places we track are Shelby, NC, about 16 miles to the northeast; Gastonia, NC, about 29 miles to the northeast; Belmont, NC, about 36 miles to the east; and Lincolnton, NC, about 37 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Rock Hill (37 mi E); Mount Holly, NC (40 mi NE); Fort Mill (41 mi E); Simpsonville (41 mi SW); Mauldin (42 mi SW); Greenville (43 mi W); Pineville, NC (43 mi E); and Morganton, NC (46 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Hickory, NC (50 mi); northeast toward Newton, NC (47 mi); east toward Charlotte, NC (48 mi); southeast toward West Columbia (81 mi); south toward Lexington (79 mi); southwest toward Athens, GA (124 mi); west toward Hendersonville, NC (48 mi); and northwest toward Asheville, NC (61 mi).
Who serves Gaffney?
We track live outage data from Duke Energy Carolinas, Broad River Electric Cooperative, Gaffney Board of Public Works ↗, SC Electric Cooperatives and 1 more in Cherokee County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Lockhart Power Co also serves parts of Cherokee 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.
Gaffney's last tracked outage began Oct 11, peaked at 647 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 11 — 647 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Oct 6 — 1,839 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Oct 5 — 25 customers out, restored in an hour
- Oct 1 — 29 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Cherokee County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.8 hr. The full record for Cherokee County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Gaffney, SC?
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 Gaffney'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 Gaffney, SC?
To check your own street, search a Gaffney ZIP code — 29340, 29341 or 29342 — and the map opens on that area.
