When will the power be back in Decatur, IL?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring |
How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 19, 7,878 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 1.9 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.
Track current power outages in Decatur, Illinois — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Decatur is a city in Macon County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Decatur directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
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 2026-08-17) — 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: 62521 · 62522 · 62523 · 62524 · 62525 · 62526 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; Champaign, about 39 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Mattoon (40 mi SE), Urbana (43 mi NE), Bloomington (43 mi N), Normal (46 mi N), Charleston (48 mi SE), Rantoul (52 mi NE), Effingham (55 mi S), Morton (59 mi NW). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Pontiac (73 mi); northeast toward Kankakee (103 mi); east toward Danville (73 mi); southeast toward Vincennes, IN (112 mi); south toward Mount Vernon (107 mi); southwest toward Highland (86 mi); northwest toward Pekin (61 mi).
Who serves Decatur?
We track live outage data from Ameren ↗, Corn Belt Energy Corporation, Shelby Electric Coop Inc in Macon County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.
Decatur's last tracked outage began Aug 16, peaked at 839 customers out, and was restored in 12 hours. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours.
- Aug 16 — 839 customers out, restored in 12 hours
- Aug 15 — 29 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 15 — 651 customers out, restored in an hour
- Aug 14 — 302 customers out, restored in 7 hours
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Decatur, IL?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Decatur area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page. For context from Decatur's own record: across the 4 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Decatur, IL?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Decatur area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Decatur ZIP code — 62521, 62522, 62523, 62524, 62525, 62526 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.
How do I report a power outage in Decatur, IL?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Macon County include Ameren, Corn Belt Energy Corporation, Shelby Electric Coop Inc; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
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 2026-08-17. 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.
How accurate is the restoration estimate?
Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.
