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When will the power be back in Manchester, MO?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · St. Louis County, Missouri
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customers reported out in Manchester · live from Ameren (MO/IL) · updated 9:16 PM CDT
Across the whole county (St. Louis, Missouri, all utilities): 82 reported out — a broader count from a different source; don't add it to the Manchester figure above.
Open the live outage map Report an outage — official utility site ↗
Utility informationOur restoration forecast
Official ETA, when the utility posts oneIndependent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first
Utility-reported status & customer countsConfidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring

How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 19, 7,878 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 1.9 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.

Track current power outages in Manchester, Missouri — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Manchester is a city in St. Louis County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Manchester directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for Manchester

Manchester is a city of about 18,122 residents in St. Louis County.

Ameren has reported outages for Manchester by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Manchester is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.

Around Manchester: the closest other places we track are Ballwin, about 2 miles to the west; Town and Country, about 4 miles to the northeast; Ellisville, about 4 miles to the west; Kirkwood, about 5 miles to the east. Also nearby: Creve Coeur (6 mi NE), Chesterfield (7 mi NW), Crestwood (7 mi E), Webster Groves (8 mi E), Wildwood (9 mi W), Maryland Heights (10 mi N), Eureka (10 mi SW), Clayton (10 mi NE). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Bridgeton (13 mi); northeast toward Overland (11 mi); east toward St. Louis (15 mi); southeast toward Arnold (13 mi); south toward Festus (26 mi); southwest toward Rolla (81 mi); west toward Washington (28 mi); northwest toward Dardenne Prairie (17 mi).

Who serves Manchester?

We track live outage data from Ameren ↗ in St. Louis County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.

Outage history — St. Louis County, MO (covers Manchester)
Power here was restored about 6 hours ago — the outage peaked at 2,106 customers.
Last significant outage: Aug 18, 2026 — peaked at 2,106 customers, restored in ~26.5 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 16 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 29.5 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 22, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — St. Louis County, MO (covers Manchester)
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 1,034 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 15 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~10.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in fall.
That is longer than the Missouri norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2.5 hr.
Largest on record: ~83,830 customers out in March 2025, restored after about 4.4 days. The busiest year on record here was 2018.
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.

Common questions

When will my power be back on in Manchester, MO?

It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Manchester area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.

How do I check the power outage status in Manchester, MO?

This page is a live power outage status check for the Manchester area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.

How do I report a power outage in Manchester, MO?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in St. Louis County include Ameren; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Does this page show Manchester specifically, or the whole county?

Both, and for Manchester we have the city-level view: Ameren has published outages for Manchester under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Manchester is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the St. Louis County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Manchester.

How accurate is the restoration estimate?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.

Manchester, MO — live power outage tracker