When will the power be back in Lake Forest, IL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Lake Forest is a city of about 19,642 residents in Lake County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Lake Forest by name, so this page reports the Lake County county-wide view, which covers Lake Forest. If a serving utility does name Lake Forest during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Lake Forest:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Lake Forest: the closest other places we track are Highland Park, about 5 miles to the southeast; Deerfield, about 5 miles to the south; North Chicago, about 5 miles to the north; and Libertyville, about 6 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Buffalo Grove (7 mi SW), Northbrook (8 mi S), Wheeling (8 mi SW), Mundelein (8 mi W), Waukegan (9 mi N), Gurnee (10 mi NW), Arlington Heights (12 mi SW) and Palatine (13 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Kenosha, WI (24 mi); southeast toward Wilmette (13 mi); south toward Mount Prospect (13 mi); southwest toward Rolling Meadows (14 mi); west toward Cary (20 mi); and northwest toward Round Lake Beach (15 mi).
Who serves Lake Forest?
We track live outage data from ComEd in Lake County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Lake Forest's last tracked outage began Sep 29, peaked at 34 customers out, and was restored in 35 minutes. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 29 — 34 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
- Sep 26 — 65 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 25 — 50 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 22 — 131 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of Lake County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.8 hr. The full record for Lake County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Lake Forest, IL?
To check your own street, search a Lake Forest ZIP code — 60045 — and the map opens on that area.
