When will the power be back in Minden, LA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Minden is a city of about 11,195 residents in Webster Parish.
SWEPCO has reported outages for Minden by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Minden is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the parish-wide total.
ZIP codes in Minden:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Minden: the closest other places we track are Bossier City, about 24 miles to the west; Shreveport, about 32 miles to the west; Ruston, about 38 miles to the east; and Magnolia, AR, about 46 miles to the north. Also nearby: El Dorado, AR (55 mi NE); Natchitoches (62 mi S); Marshall, TX (63 mi W); West Monroe (66 mi E); Camden, AR (70 mi N); Monroe (70 mi E); Texarkana, AR (70 mi NW); and Texarkana, TX (74 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Malvern, AR (124 mi); northeast toward Pine Bluff, AR (132 mi); east toward Vicksburg, MS (141 mi); southeast toward Pineville (102 mi); south toward Sulphur (165 mi); southwest toward Nacogdoches, TX (106 mi); west toward Longview, TX (87 mi); and northwest toward Paris, TX (150 mi).
Who serves Minden?
We track live outage data from Entergy and SWEPCO in Webster Parish — but several utilities can serve one parish, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Claiborne Electric Cooperative and City of Minden also serve parts of Webster Parish — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. For the parent company's combined picture, see AEP outages across every state it serves.
Minden's last tracked outage began Sep 22, peaked at 272 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours.
- Sep 22 — 272 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 13 — 25 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 6 — 272 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 5 — 319 customers out, restored in 11 hours
Parish context: across all of Webster Parish, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.3 hr. The full record for Webster Parish
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Minden, LA?
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 Minden's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Minden, LA?
To check your own street, search a Minden ZIP code — 71055 or 71058 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Minden specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Minden we have the city-level view: SWEPCO has published outages for Minden under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Minden is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Webster Parish parish-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the parish figure already includes Minden.
