When will the power be back in Lima, OH?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Lima is a city of about 34,690 residents in Allen County.
AEP Ohio has reported outages for Lima by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-16) — so when Lima 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 Lima:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Lima: the closest other places we track are Van Wert, about 26 miles to the west; Celina, about 27 miles to the southwest; Sidney, about 31 miles to the south; and Bellefontaine, about 32 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Findlay (33 mi NE); Defiance (40 mi N); Piqua (42 mi S); Decatur, IN (43 mi W); Fostoria (47 mi NE); Urbana (48 mi SE); Troy (49 mi S); and Bowling Green (50 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Maumee (62 mi); northeast toward Tiffin (55 mi); east toward Marion (53 mi); southeast toward Marysville (53 mi); south toward Tipp City (54 mi); southwest toward Greenville (51 mi); west toward Bluffton, IN (56 mi); and northwest toward New Haven, IN (52 mi).
Who serves Lima?
We track live outage data from AEP Ohio and Ohio's Electric Cooperatives ↗ in Allen County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see AEP outages across every state it serves.
Lima's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 459 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Oct 2 — 459 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Oct 1 — 166 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
- Sep 24 — 53 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 23 — 32 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of Allen County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.8 hr. The full record for Allen County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Lima, OH?
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 Lima'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 Lima, OH?
To check your own street, search a Lima ZIP code — 45801, 45802, 45804, 45805, 45806 or 45807 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Lima specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Lima we have the city-level view: AEP Ohio has published outages for Lima under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-16. When Lima is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Allen County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Lima.
