Is the power out in 76518?

Live answer for ZIP 76518 (Buckholts 1% of the ZIP; Milam County), from Oncor and Entergy Texas, updated every 10 minutes.

Right now in 76518

No. The utility reports no outages in 76518 right now.

0.00% of 482 customers

A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.

Updated 8 min ago

We check every utility's outage data every 10 minutes. Each utility updates its own map on its own schedule, usually every 5 to 15 minutes.

Outage map

ZIP 76518Milam CountyOutage (size = customers)

Each dot is an outage the utility reports, placed where the utility puts it, often the middle of the affected area rather than a specific home. Tap a dot for the number of customers and the utility's estimated restoration time.

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Some utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.

Neighboring ZIP codes

ZIP	Area	Customers i A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.	% out i Customers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
76523	Unincorporated area	40	0.00%
76519	Ben Arnold / Burlington	95	0.00%
76520	Cameron	3,487	0.00%
76567	Praesel / Rockdale	4,161	0.00%
76577	Thorndale	1,447	0.00%
76556	Milano	353	0.00%

Outage history in Milam County, which includes 76518

2014–2025 record

Milam County averaged 31.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Texas counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 25. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 24 hours, starting May 27, 2025.

The largest on record began February 1, 2023, with 6,335 customers out at once.

31.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)

At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.

2.5 hourstypical (median) length

Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.

6.9 dayslongest on record (February 2021)

6,335most customers out at once

Largest events (start)	Peak out	Lasted i How long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.	Customer-hours i Customers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
February 1, 2023	6,335	5.8 days	401,615
April 3, 2023	4,780	2 hours	9,558
May 23, 2024	2,702	2.1 days	31,679
July 20, 2018	2,253	15 minutes	563
April 9, 2020	2,192	20 hours	10,842

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.

If your power is out

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Oncor: outage map and reporting
Entergy Texas: outage map and reporting
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Food safety

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24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.

Generators, heat and cold

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Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
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