When will the power be back in Downey, CA?
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Downey is a city of about 109,368 residents in Los Angeles County.
Southern California Edison has reported outages for Downey by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when Downey 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 Downey:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Downey: the closest other places we track are Bell Gardens, about 2 miles to the northwest; Paramount, about 3 miles to the southwest; Bellflower, about 3 miles to the south; and Norwalk, about 3 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: South Gate (4 mi W), Lynwood (4 mi W), Commerce (4 mi N), Pico Rivera (4 mi NE), Maywood (5 mi NW), Montebello (5 mi N), Huntington Park (6 mi NW) and Cerritos (6 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Monterey Park (8 mi); northeast toward El Monte (11 mi); east toward Whittier (7 mi); southeast toward Buena Park (9 mi); south toward Lakewood (6 mi); southwest toward Compton (6 mi); west toward Gardena (11 mi); and northwest toward West Hollywood (17 mi).
Who serves Downey?
We track live outage data from Southern California Edison, LADWP and Glendale Water & Power in Los Angeles County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Pasadena, City of Burbank Water and Power, City of Industry and 2 others also serve parts of Los Angeles County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Downey's last tracked outage began Oct 8, peaked at 88 customers out, and was restored in 7 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 8 hours.
- Oct 8 — 88 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Oct 6 — 68 customers out, restored in 10 hours
- Oct 4 — 115 customers out, restored in 22 hours
- Oct 4 — 38 customers out, restored in 4 hours
County context: across all of Los Angeles County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 35.5 hr. The full record for Los Angeles County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Downey, CA?
To check your own street, search a Downey ZIP code — 90239, 90240, 90241 or 90242 — and the map opens on that area.
