When will the power be back in Big Spring, TX?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Big Spring is a city of about 22,541 residents in Howard County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Big Spring by name, so this page reports the Howard County county-wide view, which covers Big Spring. If a serving utility does name Big Spring during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Big Spring:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Big Spring: the closest other places we track are Odessa, about 56 miles to the southwest; Sweetwater, about 65 miles to the east; San Angelo, about 82 miles to the southeast; and Abilene, about 103 miles to the east. Also nearby: Hobbs, NM (104 mi W); Brownwood (151 mi E); Artesia, NM (177 mi W); Clovis, NM (181 mi NW); and Stephenville (191 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Wichita Falls (206 mi); east toward Mineral Wells (202 mi); southeast toward Liberty Hill (237 mi); and south toward Eagle Pass (252 mi).
Who serves Big Spring?
We track live outage data from Oncor in Howard County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Lyntegar Electric Cooperative also serves parts of Howard County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Big Spring's last tracked outage began Oct 17, peaked at 29 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 17 — 29 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Oct 15 — 58 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Oct 14 — 953 customers out, restored in 8 hours
- Oct 9 — 1,337 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of Howard County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3 hr. The full record for Howard County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Big Spring, 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 Big Spring'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 Big Spring, TX?
To check your own street, search a Big Spring ZIP code — 79720 or 79721 — and the map opens on that area.
