When will the power be back in Southgate, MI?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Southgate is a city of about 29,081 residents in Wayne County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Southgate by name, so this page reports the Wayne County county-wide view, which covers Southgate. If a serving utility does name Southgate during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Southgate:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Southgate: the closest other places we track are Riverview, about 2 miles to the south; Lincoln Park, about 3 miles to the northeast; Taylor, about 4 miles to the northwest; and Allen Park, about 4 miles to the north. Also nearby: Trenton (5 mi S), Dearborn (7 mi N), Flat Rock (8 mi SW), Inkster (8 mi NW), Romulus (8 mi W), Dearborn Heights (9 mi NW), Wayne (11 mi NW) and Garden City (11 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Ferndale (18 mi); northeast toward Detroit (13 mi); southeast toward Sandusky, OH (58 mi); south toward Oregon, OH (40 mi); southwest toward Toledo, OH (42 mi); west toward Ypsilanti (21 mi); and northwest toward Westland (12 mi).
Who serves Southgate?
We track live outage data from DTE Electric in Wayne County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Wyandotte Municipal Service Commission also serves parts of Wayne County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Southgate's last tracked outage began Sep 9, peaked at 33 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Sep 9 — 33 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 8 — 240 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Sep 2 — 2,516 customers out, restored in 4.1 days
- Aug 28 — 54 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Wayne County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 14 hr. The full record for Wayne County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Southgate, MI?
To check your own street, search a Southgate ZIP code — 48195 — and the map opens on that area.
