When will the power be back in Decatur, IL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Decatur is a city of about 68,763 residents in Macon County.
Ameren has reported outages for Decatur by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Decatur 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 Decatur:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Decatur: the closest other places we track are Taylorville, about 29 miles to the southwest; Lincoln, about 31 miles to the northwest; Mahomet, about 37 miles to the northeast; and Springfield, about 39 miles to the west. Also nearby: Champaign (39 mi NE), Mattoon (40 mi SE), Chatham (42 mi W), Urbana (43 mi NE), Bloomington (43 mi N), Normal (46 mi N), Charleston (48 mi SE) and Rantoul (52 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Pontiac (73 mi); northeast toward Kankakee (103 mi); east toward Danville (73 mi); south toward Effingham (55 mi); southwest toward Highland (86 mi); west toward Jacksonville (69 mi); and northwest toward Morton (59 mi).
Who serves Decatur?
We track live outage data from Ameren, Corn Belt Energy Corporation, Shelby Electric Cooperative and Illinois Electric Cooperatives ↗ in Macon County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Decatur's last tracked outage began Sep 29, peaked at 41 customers out, and was restored in 7 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 29 — 41 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Sep 21 — 127 customers out, restored in 30 minutes
- Sep 16 — 146 customers out, restored in 8 hours
- Sep 15 — 32 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
County context: across all of Macon County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.3 hr. The full record for Macon County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Decatur, IL?
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 Decatur's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Decatur, IL?
To check your own street, search a Decatur ZIP code — 62521, 62522, 62523, 62524, 62525 or 62526 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Decatur specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Decatur we have the city-level view: Ameren has published outages for Decatur under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Decatur is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Macon County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Decatur.
