When will the power be back in Mountain Home, ID?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Mountain Home is a city of about 16,912 residents in Elmore County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Mountain Home by name, so this page reports the Elmore County county-wide view, which covers Mountain Home. If a serving utility does name Mountain Home during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Mountain Home:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Mountain Home: the closest other places we track are Boise, about 42 miles to the northwest; Meridian, about 48 miles to the northwest; Nampa, about 54 miles to the northwest; and Caldwell, about 60 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Chubbuck (164 mi E), Pocatello (164 mi E) and Idaho Falls (186 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Lewiston (234 mi); northeast toward Great Falls, MT (370 mi); east toward Green River, WY (337 mi); southeast toward Tremonton, UT (204 mi); southwest toward Sparks, NV (322 mi); west toward Prineville, OR (270 mi); and northwest toward Pendleton, OR (234 mi).
Who serves Mountain Home?
We track live outage data from Idaho Power in Elmore County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Mountain Home's last tracked outage began Oct 4, peaked at 45 customers out, and was restored in 35 minutes. Across the 3 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Oct 4 — 45 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
- Sep 22 — 111 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 6 — 77 customers out, restored in 6 hours
County context: across all of Elmore County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2 hr. The full record for Elmore County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Mountain Home, ID?
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 Mountain Home's own record: across the 3 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 Mountain Home, ID?
To check your own street, search a Mountain Home ZIP code — 83647 — and the map opens on that area.
