When will the power be back in Marion, IA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Marion is a city of about 42,542 residents in Linn County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Marion by name, so this page reports the Linn County county-wide view, which covers Marion. If a serving utility does name Marion during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Marion:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Marion: the closest other places we track are Cedar Rapids, about 7 miles to the southwest; Ottumwa, about 83 miles to the southwest; Burlington, about 89 miles to the south; and Freeport, IL, about 101 miles to the east. Also nearby: Monroe, WI (107 mi E); Dixon, IL (109 mi E); La Crosse, WI (124 mi N); Onalaska, WI (129 mi N); Rockford, IL (130 mi E); Madison, WI (133 mi NE); Loves Park, IL (134 mi E); and Roscoe, IL (134 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Rochester, MN (143 mi); northeast toward Oconomowoc, WI (173 mi); east toward Janesville, WI (138 mi); southeast toward East Peoria, IL (142 mi); south toward Kirksville, MO (138 mi); and northwest toward Albert Lea, MN (143 mi).
Who serves Marion?
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.
Marion's last tracked outage began Oct 9, peaked at 102 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Oct 9 — 102 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 30 — 80 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 25 — 156 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 20 — 26 customers out, restored in an hour
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 Marion, 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 Marion's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Marion, IA?
To check your own street, search a Marion ZIP code — 52302 — and the map opens on that area.
