When will the power be back in Surprise, AZ?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Surprise is a city of about 167,564 residents in Maricopa County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Surprise by name, so this page reports the Maricopa County county-wide view, which covers Surprise. If a serving utility does name Surprise during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Surprise:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Surprise: the closest other places we track are El Mirage, about 10 miles to the southeast; Peoria, about 11 miles to the northeast; Glendale, about 14 miles to the southeast; and Buckeye, about 20 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Avondale (22 mi S), Phoenix (22 mi E), Goodyear (29 mi S), Paradise Valley (30 mi E), Scottsdale (34 mi E), Tempe (36 mi SE), Fountain Hills (41 mi E) and Chandler (44 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Prescott (63 mi); northeast toward Camp Verde (70 mi); east toward Apache Junction (56 mi); southeast toward Mesa (47 mi); southwest toward Yuma (143 mi); west toward Blythe, CA (125 mi); and northwest toward Lake Havasu City (121 mi).
Who serves Surprise?
We track live outage data from Arizona Public Service and Salt River Project in Maricopa County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. USBIA-San Carlos Project, Tohono O'odham Utility Authority, Gila River Indian Utility Authority and 7 others also serve parts of Maricopa County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Surprise's last tracked outage began Sep 24, peaked at 1,971 customers out, and was restored in 7 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 6 hours.
- Sep 24 — 1,971 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Sep 18 — 30 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
- Sep 2 — 32 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
- Aug 30 — 3,227 customers out, restored in 14 hours
County context: across all of Maricopa County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 8 hr. The full record for Maricopa County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Surprise, AZ?
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 Surprise's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 6 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Surprise, AZ?
To check your own street, search a Surprise ZIP code — 85374, 85378, 85379, 85387 or 85388 — and the map opens on that area.
