When will the power be back in Glen Carbon, IL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Glen Carbon is a village of about 13,883 residents in Madison County.
Ameren has reported outages for Glen Carbon by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Glen Carbon 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 Glen Carbon:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Glen Carbon: the closest other places we track are Edwardsville, about 2 miles to the north; Troy, about 5 miles to the southeast; Collinsville, about 6 miles to the south; and Granite City, about 8 miles to the west. Also nearby: Wood River (9 mi NW); Fairview Heights (11 mi S); O'Fallon (12 mi S); East St. Louis (13 mi SW); Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO (13 mi W); Alton (14 mi NW); Swansea (14 mi S); and Shiloh (15 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Chatham (65 mi); northeast toward Taylorville (65 mi); east toward Highland (16 mi); southeast toward Mount Vernon (65 mi); south toward Belleville (17 mi); southwest toward Cahokia Heights (16 mi); west toward Jennings, MO (15 mi); and northwest toward Godfrey (19 mi).
Who serves Glen Carbon?
We track live outage data from Ameren, Southwestern Electric Cooperative and Illinois Electric Cooperatives ↗ in Madison County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Highland also serves parts of Madison County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Glen Carbon's last tracked outage began Sep 30, peaked at 31 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 2 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Sep 30 — 31 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 16 — 155 customers out, restored in 55 minutes
County context: across all of Madison County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.8 hr. The full record for Madison County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Glen Carbon, 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 Glen Carbon's own record: across the 2 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Glen Carbon, IL?
To check your own street, search a Glen Carbon ZIP code — 62034 — and the map opens on that area.
