When will the power be back in Elgin, TX?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Elgin is a city of about 12,438 residents in Bastrop County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Elgin by name, so this page reports the Bastrop County county-wide view, which covers Elgin. If a serving utility does name Elgin during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Elgin:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Elgin: the closest other places we track are Manor, about 8 miles to the west; Pflugerville, about 14 miles to the northwest; Taylor, about 15 miles to the north; and Hutto, about 16 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Bastrop (17 mi S), Round Rock (20 mi NW), Austin (22 mi W), Cedar Park (28 mi NW), Georgetown (28 mi NW), Leander (32 mi NW), Buda (33 mi SW) and Lakeway (35 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Belton (49 mi); east toward Brenham (61 mi); southeast toward Fulshear (101 mi); south toward Victoria (108 mi); southwest toward Lockhart (37 mi); west toward Lago Vista (36 mi); and northwest toward Liberty Hill (37 mi).
Who serves Elgin?
We track live outage data from Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative ↗, Oncor and Fayette Electric Cooperative in Bastrop County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Bastrop and City of Smithville also serve parts of Bastrop County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Elgin's last tracked outage began Oct 1, peaked at 29 customers out, and was restored in 40 minutes. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Oct 1 — 29 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
- Sep 11 — 35 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 9 — 1,549 customers out, restored in 13 hours
- Aug 28 — 77 customers out, restored in 6 hours
County context: across all of Bastrop County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 1.5 hr. The full record for Bastrop County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Elgin, TX?
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 Elgin's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Elgin, TX?
To check your own street, search an Elgin ZIP code — 78621 — and the map opens on that area.
