See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Hidalgo County, Texas
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customers reported out in Hidalgo, TX
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Official restoration time (AEP Texas): Oct 4, 4:00 AM CDT· its own reports for places here carry 2 different times, the earliest Oct 4, 3:30 AM CDT
A small number of customers are reported out county-wide — too few for a live restoration estimate. past outages here typically ran ~4 hr, based on 18 past outages of any size in the same kind of weather.
Showing county-wide data because we don't have Alton-specific numbers right now — your neighborhood may be restored earlier or later.
Updated 11:33 PM CDT.
44county-wide trend of customers without power · last 45 min · tap or hover a point to see its number
⚡ No power in Alton, TX? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.
An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.
Alton is a city of about 22,907 residents in Hidalgo County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Alton by name, so this page reports the Hidalgo County county-wide view, which covers Alton. If a serving utility does name Alton during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
Around Alton: the closest other places we track are McAllen, about 6 miles to the southeast; Mission, about 6 miles to the south; Palmview, about 6 miles to the southwest; and Edinburg, about 10 miles to the east. Also nearby: Pharr(11 mi SE), San Juan(12 mi SE), Hidalgo(13 mi S), Alamo(14 mi SE), Donna(19 mi SE), Weslaco(22 mi SE), Mercedes(26 mi E) and Rio Grande City(32 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Kingsville(89 mi); northeast toward Corpus Christi(112 mi); east toward Raymondville(35 mi); west toward Roma(44 mi); and northwest toward Laredo(114 mi).
Who serves Alton?
We track live outage data from AEP Texas and Oncor in Hidalgo County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Magic Valley Electric Cooperative also serves parts of Hidalgo County — we don't yet read its own live outage map. For the parent company's combined picture, see AEP outages across every state it serves.
Outage history — Hidalgo County, TX (covers Alton)
Last significant outage: Oct 2, 2026 — peaked at 637 customers, restored in ~18.8 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 40 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 5.5 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 22, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
County context: across all of Hidalgo County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 6.5 hr. The full record for Hidalgo County
