When will the power be back in Salisbury, MD?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Salisbury is a city of about 33,616 residents in Wicomico County.
Delmarva Power has reported outages for Salisbury by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Salisbury 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 Salisbury:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Salisbury: the closest other places we track are Cambridge, about 29 miles to the northwest; Annapolis, about 64 miles to the northwest; Bowie, about 74 miles to the northwest; and Middletown, DE, about 74 miles to the north. Also nearby: La Plata (76 mi W); Ocean City, NJ (81 mi NE); Greenbelt (82 mi NW); Hyattsville (84 mi NW); Laurel (85 mi NW); Aberdeen (85 mi N); Washington, DC (85 mi NW); and Havre de Grace (86 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Newark, DE (90 mi); northeast toward Atlantic City, NJ (92 mi); southwest toward Henderson, NC (210 mi); and northwest toward Bel Air (90 mi).
Who serves Salisbury?
We track live outage data from Delmarva Power in Wicomico County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Choptank Electric Cooperative also serves parts of Wicomico County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Salisbury's last tracked outage began Oct 15, peaked at 25 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 15 — 25 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Oct 12 — 26 customers out, restored in 8 hours
- Oct 8 — 25 customers out, restored in 55 minutes
- Oct 3 — 213 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Wicomico County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 1.8 hr. The full record for Wicomico County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Salisbury, MD?
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 Salisbury's own record: across the 6 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 Salisbury, MD?
To check your own street, search a Salisbury ZIP code — 21801, 21802, 21803 or 21804 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Salisbury specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Salisbury we have the city-level view: Delmarva Power has published outages for Salisbury under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Salisbury is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Wicomico County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Salisbury.
