When will the power be back in Cedar Rapids, IA?
| 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 26, 9,590 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 1.8 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 3.1 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 Cedar Rapids, Iowa — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Cedar Rapids is a city in Linn County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Cedar Rapids directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
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: 52401 · 52402 · 52403 · 52404 · 52405 · 52406 · 52407 · 52408 · 52409 · 52410 · 52411 · 52497 · 52498 · 52499 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; North Liberty, about 16 miles to the south; Coralville, about 19 miles to the south; Iowa City, about 23 miles to the south. Also nearby: Muscatine (49 mi SE), Davenport (62 mi SE), Marshalltown (63 mi W), Rock Island, IL (66 mi SE), Bettendorf (68 mi SE), Moline, IL (70 mi SE), Newton (72 mi W), East Moline, IL (73 mi SE). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward La Crosse, WI (130 mi); northeast toward Verona, WI (130 mi); east toward Clinton (74 mi); southeast toward Galesburg, IL (97 mi); south toward Burlington (85 mi); southwest toward Indianola (106 mi); west toward Altoona (95 mi); northwest toward Austin, MN (135 mi).
Who serves Cedar Rapids?
We track live outage data from Eastern Iowa Light Power Coop in Linn County — but several utilities can serve one county, 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.
Cedar Rapids's last tracked outage began Aug 25, peaked at 36 customers out, and was restored in 5 hours. Across the 3 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Aug 25 — 36 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Aug 23 — 33 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 20 — 112 customers out, restored in an hour
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Cedar Rapids, IA?
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 Cedar Rapids 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 Cedar Rapids's own record: across the 3 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 Cedar Rapids, IA?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Cedar Rapids 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 Cedar Rapids ZIP code — 52401, 52402, 52403, 52404, 52405, 52406, or any of the other 8 — 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 Cedar Rapids, IA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Linn County include Eastern Iowa Light Power Coop; 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 Cedar Rapids specifically, or the whole county?
Right now, the Linn County county-wide view, which covers Cedar Rapids. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Cedar Rapids by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Cedar Rapids. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Marion (7 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.
