When will the power be back in Jackson, MO?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Jackson is a city of about 15,929 residents in Cape Girardeau County.
Ameren and SEMO Electric Cooperative have reported outages for Jackson by name on their own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Jackson 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 Jackson:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Jackson: the closest other places we track are Cape Girardeau, about 7 miles to the southeast; Carbondale, IL, about 33 miles to the northeast; Sikeston, about 34 miles to the south; and Herrin, IL, about 45 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Marion, IL (46 mi NE); Farmington (51 mi NW); Paducah, KY (59 mi E); Poplar Bluff (60 mi SW); Festus (71 mi NW); Waterloo, IL (72 mi N); Union City, TN (74 mi SE); and Mount Vernon, IL (76 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Columbia, IL (81 mi); southeast toward Martin, TN (84 mi); south toward Kennett (82 mi); southwest toward Paragould, AR (103 mi); and northwest toward Arnold (83 mi).
Who serves Jackson?
We track live outage data from Ameren, Citizens Electric Corporation, Missouri Electric Cooperatives and SEMO Electric Cooperative in Cape Girardeau County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Jackson also serves parts of Cape Girardeau County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Jackson's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 677 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 2 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 7 hours.
- Oct 2 — 677 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 13 — 68 customers out, restored in 11 hours
County context: across all of Cape Girardeau County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2 hr. The full record for Cape Girardeau County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Jackson, MO?
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 Jackson's own record: across the 2 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 7 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Jackson, MO?
To check your own street, search a Jackson ZIP code — 63755 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Jackson specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Jackson we have the city-level view: Ameren and SEMO Electric Cooperative have published outages for Jackson under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Jackson is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Cape Girardeau County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Jackson.
