When will the power be back in Sanford, FL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Sanford is a city of about 66,919 residents in Seminole County.
Florida Power & Light has reported outages for Sanford by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-16) — so when Sanford 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 Sanford:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Sanford: the closest other places we track are Lake Mary, about 4 miles to the southwest; Winter Springs, about 7 miles to the south; Longwood, about 7 miles to the southwest; and DeBary, about 7 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Casselberry (9 mi S), Deltona (9 mi NE), Oviedo (10 mi SE), Orange City (10 mi N), Altamonte Springs (11 mi SW), Maitland (12 mi SW), Winter Park (13 mi S) and DeLand (17 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Daytona Beach (30 mi); northeast toward Edgewater (24 mi); southeast toward Titusville (31 mi); south toward Orlando (22 mi); southwest toward Ocoee (21 mi); west toward Apopka (17 mi); and northwest toward Ocala (60 mi).
Who serves Sanford?
We track live outage data from Duke Energy Florida and Florida Power & Light in Seminole County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see Duke Energy outages across every state it serves.
Sanford's last tracked outage began Oct 4, peaked at 259 customers out, and was restored in 10 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 4 — 259 customers out, restored in 10 hours
- Oct 4 — 66 customers out, restored in an hour
- Oct 3 — 149 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 21 — 47 customers out, restored in 3 hours
County context: across all of Seminole County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.5 hr. The full record for Seminole County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Sanford, FL?
To check your own street, search a Sanford ZIP code — 32771, 32772 or 32773 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Sanford specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Sanford we have the city-level view: Florida Power & Light has published outages for Sanford under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-16. When Sanford is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Seminole County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Sanford.
