When will the power be back in Cedar Rapids, IA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Cedar Rapids is a city of about 137,904 residents in Linn County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Cedar Rapids by name, so this page reports the Linn County county-wide view, which covers Cedar Rapids. If a serving utility does name Cedar Rapids during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Cedar Rapids:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Cedar Rapids: the closest other places we track are Marion, about 7 miles to the northeast; Ottumwa, about 76 miles to the southwest; Burlington, about 85 miles to the south; and Freeport, IL, about 107 miles to the east. Also nearby: Monroe, WI (113 mi NE); Dixon, IL (114 mi E); La Crosse, WI (130 mi N); Kirksville, MO (131 mi S); Onalaska, WI (135 mi N); Rockford, IL (136 mi E); Madison, WI (140 mi NE); and Loves Park, IL (140 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Rochester, MN (147 mi); northeast toward Oconomowoc, WI (180 mi); east toward Roscoe, IL (140 mi); southeast toward East Peoria, IL (142 mi); south toward Quincy, IL (141 mi); and northwest toward Albert Lea, MN (145 mi).
Who serves Cedar Rapids?
We track live outage data from MidAmerican Energy, Alliant Energy, Iowa Electric Cooperatives and Eastern Iowa Light & Power Cooperative in Linn County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Coggon also serves parts of Linn County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Cedar Rapids's last tracked outage began Oct 9, peaked at 179 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Oct 9 — 179 customers out, restored in an hour
- Oct 8 — 36 customers out, restored in an hour
- Oct 5 — 215 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Oct 1 — 103 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Linn County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2 hr. The full record for Linn County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Cedar Rapids, IA?
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 Cedar Rapids's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Cedar Rapids, IA?
To check your own street, search a Cedar Rapids ZIP code — 52401, 52402, 52403, 52404, 52405, 52406 or any of the other 8 — and the map opens on that area.
