When will the power be back in South Bend, IN?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
South Bend is a city of about 103,713 residents in St. Joseph County.
Indiana Michigan Power has reported outages for South Bend by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when South Bend 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 South Bend:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around South Bend: the closest other places we track are Mishawaka, about 5 miles to the east; Niles, MI, about 11 miles to the north; Elkhart, about 16 miles to the east; and Plymouth, about 23 miles to the south. Also nearby: La Porte (23 mi W); Goshen (24 mi E); Michigan City (31 mi W); Warsaw (37 mi SE); Chesterton (41 mi W); Valparaiso (43 mi W); Sturgis, MI (45 mi E); and Portage (47 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Portage, MI (50 mi); east toward Kendallville (55 mi); southeast toward Columbia City (54 mi); south toward Peru (64 mi); southwest toward Lowell (65 mi); and west toward Lake Station (52 mi).
Who serves South Bend?
We track live outage data from Indiana Michigan Power, Kankakee Valley REMC, NIPSCO, Indiana Electric Cooperatives ↗ and 1 more in St. Joseph County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Mishawaka, Town of Walkerton and Town of New Carlisle also serve parts of St. Joseph County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
South Bend's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 39 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Oct 2 — 39 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 29 — 80 customers out, restored in 6 hours
- Sep 25 — 66 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 22 — 25 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of St. Joseph County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 4.3 hr. The full record for St. Joseph County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in South Bend, 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 South Bend's own record: across the 5 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 South Bend, IN?
To check your own street, search a South Bend ZIP code — 46601, 46613, 46614, 46615, 46616, 46617 or any of the other 10 — and the map opens on that area.
