When will the power be back in Mason City, IA?
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Mason City is a city of about 26,948 residents in Cerro Gordo County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Mason City by name, so this page reports the Cerro Gordo County county-wide view, which covers Mason City. If a serving utility does name Mason City during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Mason City:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Mason City: the closest other places we track are Albert Lea, MN, about 36 miles to the north; Austin, MN, about 38 miles to the north; Waverly, about 47 miles to the southeast; and Cedar Falls, about 58 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Waterloo (62 mi SE); Fort Dodge (66 mi SW); Rochester, MN (70 mi NE); Fairmont, MN (72 mi NW); Marshalltown (78 mi S); Faribault, MN (80 mi N); Ames (80 mi S); and Mankato, MN (81 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Northfield, MN (90 mi); northeast toward Winona, MN (99 mi); southeast toward Marion (112 mi); south toward Ankeny (100 mi); southwest toward Boone (83 mi); and west toward Spencer (98 mi).
Who serves Mason City?
We track live outage data from Alliant Energy, MidAmerican Energy and Iowa Electric Cooperatives in Cerro Gordo County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
County context: across all of Cerro Gordo County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2 hr. The full record for Cerro Gordo County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Mason City, IA?
To check your own street, search a Mason City ZIP code — 50401 or 50402 — and the map opens on that area.
