When will the power be back in Oak Creek, WI?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Oak Creek is a city of about 38,373 residents in Milwaukee County.
We Energies has reported outages for Oak Creek by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Oak Creek 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 Oak Creek:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Oak Creek: the closest other places we track are South Milwaukee, about 3 miles to the northeast; Cudahy, about 5 miles to the north; Franklin, about 6 miles to the west; and Caledonia, about 6 miles to the south. Also nearby: Greendale (6 mi NW), Greenfield (8 mi NW), West Allis (11 mi NW), Racine (11 mi SE), Muskego (12 mi W), Mount Pleasant (12 mi S), Milwaukee (13 mi N) and New Berlin (13 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Shorewood (15 mi); south toward Kenosha (20 mi); southwest toward Burlington (24 mi); west toward Whitewater (42 mi); and northwest toward Wauwatosa (14 mi).
Who serves Oak Creek?
We track live outage data from We Energies in Milwaukee County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Oak Creek's last tracked outage began Sep 29, peaked at 630 customers out, and was restored in 35 minutes. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 29 — 630 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
- Sep 11 — 457 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 10 — 27 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Sep 2 — 28 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Milwaukee County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.3 hr. The full record for Milwaukee County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Oak Creek, 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 Oak Creek's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Oak Creek, WI?
To check your own street, search an Oak Creek ZIP code — 53154 — and the map opens on that area.
