When will the power be back in Onalaska, WI?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Onalaska is a city of about 19,898 residents in La Crosse County.
Riverland Energy Cooperative has reported outages for Onalaska by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Onalaska 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 Onalaska:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Onalaska: the closest other places we track are La Crosse, about 5 miles to the south; Rochester, MN, about 64 miles to the west; Menomonie, about 77 miles to the northwest; and Hastings, MN, about 100 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Madison (107 mi SE); Albert Lea, MN (109 mi W); Lakeville, MN (115 mi NW); Eagan, MN (116 mi NW); West St. Paul, MN (116 mi NW); Maplewood, MN (117 mi NW); St. Paul, MN (119 mi NW); and Monroe (119 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: east toward Oconomowoc (146 mi); southeast toward Freeport, IL (136 mi); south toward Marion, IA (129 mi); and northwest toward Burnsville, MN (119 mi).
Who serves Onalaska?
We track live outage data from Xcel Energy, Riverland Energy Cooperative, Vernon Electric Cooperative and Wisconsin Electric Cooperatives ↗ in La Crosse County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Village of Bangor also serves parts of La Crosse County — we don't yet read its own live outage map. For the parent company's combined picture, see Xcel Energy outages across every state it serves.
Onalaska's last tracked outage began Oct 9, peaked at 222 customers out, and was restored in 55 minutes. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Oct 9 — 222 customers out, restored in 55 minutes
- Sep 14 — 35 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 14 — 31 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 3 — 34 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of La Crosse County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.5 hr. The full record for La Crosse County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Onalaska, WI?
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 Onalaska'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 Onalaska, WI?
To check your own street, search an Onalaska ZIP code — 54650 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Onalaska specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Onalaska we have the city-level view: Riverland Energy Cooperative has published outages for Onalaska under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Onalaska is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the La Crosse County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Onalaska.
