When will the power be back in Abbeville, LA?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring |
How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 29, 10,280 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 1.6 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 2.6 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.
Track current power outages in Abbeville, Louisiana — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Abbeville is a city in Vermilion Parish; when the serving utility's public feed reports Abbeville directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the parish-wide view as context.
Abbeville is a city of about 10,902 residents in Vermilion Parish.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Abbeville by name, so this page reports the Vermilion Parish parish-wide view, which covers Abbeville. If a serving utility does name Abbeville during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Abbeville: 70510 · 70511 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Abbeville: the closest other places we track are Youngsville, about 11 miles to the northeast; Broussard, about 15 miles to the northeast; New Iberia, about 18 miles to the east; Crowley, about 22 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Carencro (24 mi N), Opelousas (38 mi N), Morgan City (59 mi E), Lake Charles (67 mi W), Baker (71 mi NE), Gonzales (74 mi E), Zachary (75 mi NE), Sulphur (76 mi W). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Alexandria (93 mi); northeast toward Central (77 mi); east toward Thibodaux (80 mi); west toward Groves, TX (107 mi); northwest toward Natchitoches (134 mi).
Who serves Abbeville?
We track live outage data from CLECO Power ↗ in Vermilion Parish — but several utilities can serve one parish, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.
Abbeville's last tracked outage began Aug 23, peaked at 32 customers out, and was restored in 5 hours. Across the 3 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 18 hours.
- Aug 23 — 32 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Aug 22 — 148 customers out, restored in 18 hours
- Aug 21 — 640 customers out, restored in 23 hours
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Abbeville, LA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Abbeville area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page. For context from Abbeville's own record: across the 3 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 18 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Abbeville, LA?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Abbeville area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Abbeville ZIP code — 70510, 70511 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.
How do I report a power outage in Abbeville, LA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Vermilion Parish include CLECO Power; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
Does this page show Abbeville specifically, or the whole county?
Right now, the Vermilion Parish parish-wide view, which covers Abbeville. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Abbeville by name; utilities here have so far reported only parish-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Abbeville. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Youngsville (11 mi NE) is the closest place we track separately.
How accurate is the restoration estimate?
Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.
