When will the power be back in Ankeny, IA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Ankeny is a city of about 76,727 residents in Polk County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Ankeny by name, so this page reports the Polk County county-wide view, which covers Ankeny. If a serving utility does name Ankeny during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Ankeny:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Ankeny: the closest other places we track are Johnston, about 7 miles to the southwest; Altoona, about 8 miles to the southeast; Grimes, about 11 miles to the west; and Des Moines, about 11 miles to the south. Also nearby: Urbandale (11 mi SW), Pleasant Hill (11 mi SE), Clive (13 mi SW), West Des Moines (16 mi SW), Norwalk (17 mi S), Waukee (17 mi SW), Ames (20 mi N) and Indianola (26 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Mason City (100 mi); northeast toward Marshalltown (41 mi); east toward Newton (29 mi); southeast toward Pella (42 mi); south toward Excelsior Springs, MO (169 mi); southwest toward Maryville, MO (117 mi); west toward Carroll (69 mi); and northwest toward Boone (26 mi).
Who serves Ankeny?
We track live outage data from MidAmerican Energy, Midland Power Cooperative and Alliant Energy in Polk County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Consumers Energy also serves parts of Polk County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
County context: across all of Polk County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.3 hr. The full record for Polk County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Ankeny, IA?
To check your own street, search an Ankeny ZIP code — 50021 or 50023 — and the map opens on that area.
