When will the power be back in Fort Wayne, IN?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Fort Wayne is a city of about 273,203 residents in Allen County.
Indiana Michigan Power has reported outages for Fort Wayne by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Fort Wayne 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 Fort Wayne:
- 46801
- 46802
- 46803
- 46804
- 46805
- 46806
- 46807
- 46808
- 46809
- 46814
- 46815
- 46816
- 46818
- 46819
- 46825
- 46835
- 46845
- 46850
- 46851
- 46852
- 46853
- 46854
- 46855
- 46856
- 46857
- 46858
- 46859
- 46860
- 46861
- 46862
- 46863
- 46864
- 46865
- 46866
- 46867
- 46868
- 46869
- 46885
- 46895
- 46896
- 46897
- 46898
- 46899
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Fort Wayne: the closest other places we track are New Haven, about 7 miles to the east; Huntertown, about 9 miles to the north; Columbia City, about 19 miles to the west; and Auburn, about 20 miles to the north. Also nearby: Decatur (21 mi SE); Huntington (24 mi SW); Bluffton (24 mi S); Kendallville (25 mi N); Van Wert, OH (33 mi SE); Warsaw (38 mi W); Wabash (41 mi SW); and Defiance, OH (43 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Sturgis, MI (51 mi); northeast toward Adrian, MI (80 mi); east toward Findlay, OH (78 mi); southeast toward Celina, OH (48 mi); south toward Muncie (63 mi); southwest toward Marion (46 mi); west toward Plymouth (64 mi); and northwest toward Goshen (49 mi).
Who serves Fort Wayne?
We track live outage data from Indiana Michigan Power, Northeastern REMC ↗, Indiana Electric Cooperatives ↗ and Ohio's Electric Cooperatives ↗ in Allen County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Fort Wayne's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 131 customers out, and was restored in 9 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Oct 2 — 131 customers out, restored in 9 hours
- Oct 1 — 83 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Sep 29 — 74 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 27 — 27 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
County context: across all of Allen County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.3 hr. The full record for Allen County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Fort Wayne, IN?
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 Fort Wayne's own record: across the 6 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 Fort Wayne, IN?
To check your own street, search a Fort Wayne ZIP code — 46801, 46802, 46803, 46804, 46805, 46806 or any of the other 37 — and the map opens on that area.
