When will the power be back in Iron County, MI?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Iron County, MI right now.

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Elsewhere in Michigan: 3,406 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 10:31 PM CDT.

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Who serves Iron County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include We Energies, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Upper Peninsula Power Company and City of Crystal Falls also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Iron County, MI

Last significant outage: Sep 9, 2026 — peaked at 242 customers, restored in ~6 hr (no severe weather).

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Sep 9, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Iron County, MI

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 111 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~3.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

That is shorter than the Michigan norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~4.5 hr.

Largest on record: ~4,599 customers out in December 2021, restored after about 2.8 days. The busiest year on record here was 2022.

Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Communities covered

Communities in Iron County include Iron River, Crystal Falls, Caspian, Gaastra, Alpha, Amasa, Bates and Hematite. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Iron County, MI?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Iron include We Energies, Upper Peninsula Power Company and City of Crystal Falls — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

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