When will the power be back in Wood River, IL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Wood River is a city of about 10,251 residents in Madison County.
Ameren has reported outages for Wood River by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Wood River 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 Wood River:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Wood River: the closest other places we track are Alton, about 5 miles to the northwest; Edwardsville, about 7 miles to the southeast; Glen Carbon, about 9 miles to the southeast; and Granite City, about 10 miles to the south. Also nearby: Godfrey (10 mi NW); Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO (11 mi SW); Collinsville (13 mi S); Troy (14 mi SE); Jennings, MO (14 mi SW); Florissant, MO (14 mi W); Ferguson, MO (14 mi SW); and East St. Louis (17 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Chatham (60 mi); northeast toward Taylorville (63 mi); east toward Highland (23 mi); southeast toward O'Fallon (20 mi); south toward Fairview Heights (19 mi); southwest toward St. Louis, MO (18 mi); and west toward Hazelwood, MO (17 mi).
Who serves Wood River?
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.
Wood River's last tracked outage began Sep 9, peaked at 33 customers out, and was restored in 6 hours.
- Sep 9 — 33 customers out, restored in 6 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
How do I check the power outage status in Wood River, IL?
To check your own street, search a Wood River ZIP code — 62095 — and the map opens on that area.
