When will the power be back in Grimes, IA?
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Grimes is a city of about 17,266 residents in Polk County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Grimes by name, so this page reports the Polk County county-wide view, which covers Grimes. If a serving utility does name Grimes during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Grimes:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Grimes: the closest other places we track are Urbandale, about 3 miles to the south; Johnston, about 4 miles to the east; Clive, about 5 miles to the south; and Waukee, about 7 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: West Des Moines (9 mi S), Ankeny (11 mi E), Des Moines (12 mi SE), Norwalk (14 mi SE), Altoona (17 mi E), Pleasant Hill (17 mi E), Indianola (25 mi SE) and Ames (26 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Boone (26 mi); northeast toward Marshalltown (52 mi); east toward Newton (39 mi); southeast toward Oskaloosa (66 mi); south toward St. Joseph, MO (143 mi); southwest toward Maryville, MO (108 mi); west toward Council Bluffs (111 mi); and northwest toward Carroll (61 mi).
Who serves Grimes?
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 Grimes, IA?
To check your own street, search a Grimes ZIP code — 50111 — and the map opens on that area.
