When will the power be back in Lake in the Hills, IL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Lake in the Hills is a village of about 28,706 residents in McHenry County.
ComEd has reported outages for Lake in the Hills by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Lake in the Hills 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 Lake in the Hills:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Lake in the Hills: the closest other places we track are Algonquin, about 3 miles to the southeast; Crystal Lake, about 3 miles to the north; Huntley, about 5 miles to the southwest; and Cary, about 5 miles to the east. Also nearby: Carpentersville (5 mi SE), Pingree Grove (8 mi SW), Woodstock (9 mi NW), McHenry (11 mi N), Elgin (11 mi S), Barrington (12 mi E), Wauconda (12 mi NE) and Lake Zurich (13 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Round Lake (16 mi); east toward Palatine (16 mi); southeast toward Hoffman Estates (14 mi); south toward South Elgin (14 mi); southwest toward Sycamore (22 mi); and west toward Belvidere (27 mi).
Who serves Lake in the Hills?
We track live outage data from ComEd and Wisconsin Electric Cooperatives ↗ in McHenry County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Lake in the Hills's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 42 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Oct 2 — 42 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 20 — 141 customers out, restored in 9 hours
- Sep 11 — 26 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Aug 23 — 77 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
County context: across all of McHenry County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.5 hr. The full record for McHenry County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Lake in the Hills, 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 Lake in the Hills's own record: across the 4 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 Lake in the Hills, IL?
To check your own street, search a Lake in the Hills ZIP code — 60156 — and the map opens on that area.
