When will the power be back in Atwater, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Atwater is a city of about 32,248 residents in Merced County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Atwater by name, so this page reports the Merced County county-wide view, which covers Atwater. If a serving utility does name Atwater during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Atwater:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Atwater: the closest other places we track are Merced, about 7 miles to the southeast; Livingston, about 7 miles to the west; Turlock, about 18 miles to the northwest; and Los Banos, about 24 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Ceres (26 mi NW), Chowchilla (26 mi SE), Modesto (30 mi NW), Oakdale (31 mi NW), Patterson (32 mi W), Riverbank (32 mi NW), Madera (39 mi SE) and Manteca (46 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: southeast toward Kerman (52 mi); south toward King City (84 mi); southwest toward Hollister (56 mi); west toward Morgan Hill (60 mi); and northwest toward Lathrop (50 mi).
Who serves Atwater?
We track live outage data from Pacific Gas & Electric and Turlock Irrigation District ↗ in Merced County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Merced Irrigation District also serves parts of Merced County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Atwater's last tracked outage began Sep 14, peaked at 115 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 3 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 14 — 115 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 12 — 634 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Sep 4 — 275 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
County context: across all of Merced County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 4 hr. The full record for Merced County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Atwater, 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 Atwater's own record: across the 3 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 Atwater, CA?
To check your own street, search an Atwater ZIP code — 95301 — and the map opens on that area.
