When will the power be back in Oroville, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Oroville is a city of about 19,712 residents in Butte County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Oroville by name, so this page reports the Butte County county-wide view, which covers Oroville. If a serving utility does name Oroville during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Oroville:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Oroville: the closest other places we track are Chico, about 22 miles to the northwest; Marysville, about 24 miles to the south; Yuba City, about 26 miles to the south; and Grass Valley, about 33 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Lincoln (45 mi S), Auburn (49 mi SE), Rocklin (51 mi S), Roseville (52 mi S), Citrus Heights (58 mi S), Woodland (58 mi S), Red Bluff (59 mi NW) and Sacramento (65 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: east toward Reno, NV (92 mi); southeast toward Placerville (67 mi); south toward West Sacramento (65 mi); southwest toward Windsor (94 mi); and northwest toward Shasta Lake (92 mi).
Who serves Oroville?
We track live outage data from Pacific Gas & Electric in Butte County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Gridley and City of Biggs also serve parts of Butte County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Oroville's last tracked outage began Oct 5, peaked at 85 customers out, and was restored in 50 minutes. Across the 3 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 55 minutes.
- Oct 5 — 85 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Oct 3 — 120 customers out, restored in 23 hours
- Sep 13 — 495 customers out, restored in 55 minutes
County context: across all of Butte County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 5.5 hr. The full record for Butte County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Oroville, CA?
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 Oroville's own record: across the 3 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 55 minutes — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Oroville, CA?
To check your own street, search an Oroville ZIP code — 95965 or 95966 — and the map opens on that area.
