When will the power be back in San Marcos, TX?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
San Marcos is a city of about 74,316 residents in Hays County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for San Marcos by name, so this page reports the Hays County county-wide view, which covers San Marcos. If a serving utility does name San Marcos during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in San Marcos:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around San Marcos: the closest other places we track are Kyle, about 9 miles to the north; Buda, about 15 miles to the north; Lockhart, about 15 miles to the east; and New Braunfels, about 16 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Seguin (20 mi S), Dripping Springs (24 mi NW), Cibolo (27 mi SW), Schertz (28 mi SW), Selma (30 mi SW), Austin (31 mi N), Universal City (31 mi SW) and Live Oak (33 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Lakeway (33 mi); northeast toward Bastrop (40 mi); east toward Brenham (94 mi); southeast toward Victoria (92 mi); south toward Beeville (102 mi); southwest toward Converse (34 mi); west toward Fair Oaks Ranch (43 mi); and northwest toward Fredericksburg (62 mi).
Who serves San Marcos?
We track live outage data from Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative ↗ and Austin Energy in Hays County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of San Marcos also serves parts of Hays County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
San Marcos's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 49 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Oct 2 — 49 customers out, restored in an hour
- Oct 1 — 26 customers out, restored in an hour
- Aug 28 — 290 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 23 — 143 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Hays County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 1.5 hr. The full record for Hays County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in San Marcos, 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 San Marcos's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in San Marcos, TX?
To check your own street, search a San Marcos ZIP code — 78666 or 78667 — and the map opens on that area.
