When will the power be back in La Porte, IN?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
La Porte is a city of about 22,444 residents in LaPorte County.
Indiana Michigan Power has reported outages for La Porte by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when La Porte 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 La Porte:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around La Porte: the closest other places we track are Michigan City, about 10 miles to the northwest; Chesterton, about 18 miles to the west; Valparaiso, about 20 miles to the southwest; and South Bend, about 23 miles to the east. Also nearby: Portage (24 mi W); Plymouth (27 mi SE); Lake Station (28 mi W); Niles, MI (29 mi NE); Mishawaka (29 mi E); Hobart (30 mi W); Merrillville (33 mi W); and Gary (33 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: east toward Elkhart (39 mi); southeast toward Warsaw (52 mi); southwest toward Cedar Lake (41 mi); and west toward Crown Point (35 mi).
Who serves La Porte?
We track live outage data from NIPSCO, Indiana Michigan Power and Kankakee Valley REMC in LaPorte County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Town of Kingsford Heights also serves parts of LaPorte County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
La Porte's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 167 customers out, and was restored in 4 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 2 — 167 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 29 — 61 customers out, restored in 13 hours
- Sep 27 — 73 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 26 — 120 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
County context: across all of LaPorte County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 4.3 hr. The full record for LaPorte County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in La Porte, IN?
To check your own street, search a La Porte ZIP code — 46350 or 46352 — and the map opens on that area.
