When will the power be back in Rolla, MO?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Rolla is a city of about 20,660 residents in Phelps County.
Gascosage Electric Cooperative has reported outages for Rolla by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when Rolla 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 Rolla:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Rolla: the closest other places we track are Eureka, about 71 miles to the northeast; Columbia, about 76 miles to the northwest; Festus, about 76 miles to the east; and Wentzville, about 77 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Ballwin (80 mi NE), Chesterfield (81 mi NE), Arnold (82 mi NE), Mexico (84 mi N), Maryland Heights (88 mi NE), St. Charles (89 mi NE), Bridgeton (92 mi NE) and Hazelwood (95 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Quincy, IL (139 mi); northeast toward Florissant (98 mi); east toward Cape Girardeau (128 mi); southeast toward Blytheville, AR (173 mi); south toward Batesville, AR (151 mi); southwest toward Springfield (99 mi); west toward Spring Hill, KS (175 mi); and northwest toward Sedalia (96 mi).
Who serves Rolla?
We track live outage data from Intercounty Electric Cooperative Association and Gascosage Electric Cooperative in Phelps County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Rolla, City of St. James and City of Newburg also serve parts of Phelps County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Rolla's last tracked outage began Oct 10, peaked at 27 customers out, and was restored in 55 minutes. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Oct 10 — 27 customers out, restored in 55 minutes
- Oct 9 — 64 customers out, restored in an hour
- Oct 6 — 61 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
- Sep 30 — 38 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
County context: across all of Phelps County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2 hr. The full record for Phelps County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Rolla, 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 Rolla's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Rolla, MO?
To check your own street, search a Rolla ZIP code — 65401, 65402 or 65409 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Rolla specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Rolla we have the city-level view: Gascosage Electric Cooperative has published outages for Rolla under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-21. When Rolla is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Phelps County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Rolla.
