When will the power be back in Granite City, IL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Granite City is a city of about 26,854 residents in Madison County.
Ameren has reported outages for Granite City by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Granite City 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 Granite City:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Granite City: the closest other places we track are Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO, about 6 miles to the west; Collinsville, about 7 miles to the southeast; Jennings, MO, about 7 miles to the west; and East St. Louis, about 8 miles to the south. Also nearby: Glen Carbon (8 mi E); Edwardsville (9 mi NE); St. Louis, MO (9 mi SW); Ferguson, MO (9 mi W); Wood River (10 mi N); Cahokia Heights (11 mi S); Fairview Heights (11 mi SE); and Florissant, MO (12 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Alton (12 mi); northeast toward Taylorville (72 mi); east toward Troy (13 mi); southeast toward Swansea (15 mi); south toward Columbia (19 mi); southwest toward Clayton, MO (12 mi); and west toward University City, MO (12 mi).
Who serves Granite City?
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.
Granite City's last tracked outage began Sep 28, peaked at 263 customers out, and was restored in 40 minutes. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Sep 28 — 263 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
- Sep 23 — 268 customers out, restored in 55 minutes
- Sep 20 — 56 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 10 — 113 customers out, restored in 4 hours
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 Granite City, 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 Granite City's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Granite City, IL?
To check your own street, search a Granite City ZIP code — 62040 — and the map opens on that area.
