When will the power be back in St. John, IN?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
St. John is a town of about 24,250 residents in Lake County.
NIPSCO has reported outages for St. John by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when St. John 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 St. John:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around St. John: the closest other places we track are Schererville, about 3 miles to the northeast; Dyer, about 4 miles to the northwest; Cedar Lake, about 5 miles to the south; and Griffith, about 6 miles to the north. Also nearby: Crown Point (7 mi E); Highland (7 mi N); Munster (7 mi N); Merrillville (8 mi E); Lansing, IL (9 mi NW); Chicago Heights, IL (10 mi NW); Lowell (11 mi S); and Hobart (11 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Hammond (12 mi); northeast toward Gary (12 mi); east toward Valparaiso (22 mi); southwest toward Bradley, IL (27 mi); west toward Park Forest, IL (12 mi); and northwest toward South Holland, IL (13 mi).
Who serves St. John?
We track live outage data from NIPSCO and Kankakee Valley REMC in Lake County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
St. John's last tracked outage began Sep 19, peaked at 27 customers out, and was restored in 6 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 9 hours.
- Sep 19 — 27 customers out, restored in 6 hours
- Sep 3 — 36 customers out, restored in 8 hours
- Aug 31 — 60 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Aug 20 — 1,600 customers out, restored in 10 hours
County context: across all of Lake County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 5.3 hr. The full record for Lake County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in St. John, 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 St. John's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 9 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in St. John, IN?
To check your own street, search a St. John ZIP code — 46373 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show St. John specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for St. John we have the city-level view: NIPSCO has published outages for St. John under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-21. When St. John is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Lake County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes St. John.
