When will the power be back in Des Moines, IA?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Polk County, Iowa

No significant county-wide outage reported in Polk, IA right now.

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Elsewhere in Iowa: 3 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 10:46 PM CDT.

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⚡ No power in Des Moines, IA? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.

An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.

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What we track for Des Moines

Des Moines is a city of about 213,096 residents in Polk County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Des Moines by name, so this page reports the Polk County county-wide view, which covers Des Moines. If a serving utility does name Des Moines during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

ZIP codes in Des Moines:

Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Des Moines: the closest other places we track are Pleasant Hill, about 6 miles to the east; Norwalk, about 7 miles to the southwest; Altoona, about 9 miles to the northeast; and West Des Moines, about 9 miles to the west. Also nearby: Urbandale (10 mi NW), Johnston (10 mi NW), Clive (10 mi W), Ankeny (11 mi N), Grimes (12 mi NW), Waukee (14 mi W), Indianola (15 mi S) and Newton (31 mi E).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Ames (31 mi); northeast toward Marshalltown (48 mi); east toward Pella (38 mi); southeast toward Ottumwa (73 mi); south toward Excelsior Springs, MO (158 mi); southwest toward Maryville, MO (107 mi); west toward Council Bluffs (118 mi); and northwest toward Fort Dodge (71 mi).

Who serves Des Moines?

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.

Outage history — Polk County, IA (covers Des Moines)

⚡ Power here was restored about 37 hours ago — the outage peaked at 19,387 customers.

Last significant outage: Oct 2, 2026 — peaked at 19,387 customers, restored in ~3.7 hr (weather alert).

Across the 37 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3.8 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 4, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

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 Des Moines, IA?

To check your own street, search a Des Moines ZIP code — 50301, 50302, 50303, 50304, 50305, 50306 or any of the other 51 — and the map opens on that area.

Nearby & related

Altoona · Ankeny · Clive · Grimes · Johnston · Pleasant Hill · Urbandale · West Des Moines

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