When will the power be back in Highland, IL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Highland is a city of about 10,028 residents in Madison County.
Ameren has reported outages for Highland by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Highland 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 Highland:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Highland: the closest other places we track are Troy, about 12 miles to the west; Glen Carbon, about 16 miles to the west; Edwardsville, about 17 miles to the west; and O'Fallon, about 17 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Collinsville (18 mi W), Shiloh (19 mi SW), Fairview Heights (21 mi SW), Swansea (22 mi SW), Wood River (23 mi W), Belleville (24 mi SW), Granite City (24 mi W) and East St. Louis (26 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Taylorville (58 mi); northeast toward Effingham (66 mi); southeast toward Centralia (34 mi); south toward Carbondale (76 mi); southwest toward Cahokia Heights (29 mi); west toward Alton (27 mi); and northwest toward Godfrey (32 mi).
Who serves Highland?
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.
Highland's last tracked outage began Sep 28, peaked at 509 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 2 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 28 — 509 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 26 — 230 customers out, restored in 3 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 Highland, 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 Highland's own record: across the 2 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 Highland, IL?
To check your own street, search a Highland ZIP code — 62249 — and the map opens on that area.
