When will the power be back in Mattoon, IL?

Mattoon is a city of about 16,602 residents in Coles County.

Ameren has reported outages for Mattoon by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Mattoon is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.

ZIP codes in Mattoon:

• 61938

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Around Mattoon: the closest other places we track are Charleston, about 10 miles to the east; Effingham, about 27 miles to the south; Decatur, about 40 miles to the northwest; and Champaign, about 44 miles to the north. Also nearby: Urbana (45 mi N); Taylorville (49 mi W); Mahomet (49 mi N); Terre Haute, IN (53 mi E); Rantoul (58 mi N); Danville (61 mi NE); Lincoln (71 mi NW); and Springfield (72 mi W).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Pontiac (99 mi); northeast toward Crawfordsville, IN (87 mi); east toward Bloomington, IN (101 mi); southeast toward Vincennes, IN (72 mi); south toward Mount Vernon (86 mi); southwest toward Centralia (78 mi); west toward Chatham (72 mi); and northwest toward Bloomington (76 mi).

Mattoon's last tracked outage began Sep 18, peaked at 34 customers out, and was restored in 35 minutes.

• Sep 18 — 34 customers out, restored in 35 minutes