When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Elkhorn, WI?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Walworth County, Wisconsin
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customer reported out in Walworth, Wisconsin · updated 8:45 PM CDT · utility data as of 8:54 PM CDT
Official restoration time (We Energies): Aug 19, 11:00 p.m.
A small number of customers are reported out — too few for a live restoration estimate. past outages here typically ran ~3 hr, based on 233 similar past outages over 12 years of records.
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Showing County-wide data because we don't have Elkhorn-specific numbers right now — your neighborhood may be restored earlier or later.
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 Elkhorn, Wisconsin — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Elkhorn is a city in Walworth County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Elkhorn directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for Elkhorn

Elkhorn is a city of about 10,122 residents in Walworth County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Elkhorn by name, so this page reports the Walworth County county-wide view, which covers Elkhorn. If a serving utility does name Elkhorn during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

ZIP codes in Elkhorn: 53121 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Elkhorn: the closest other places we track are Burlington, about 13 miles to the east; Whitewater, about 15 miles to the northwest; Salem Lakes, about 23 miles to the southeast; Fort Atkinson, about 24 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Muskego (25 mi NE), Woodstock, IL (26 mi S), McHenry, IL (26 mi SE), Waukesha (28 mi NE), Roscoe, IL (29 mi SW), New Berlin (29 mi NE), Oconomowoc (30 mi N), Franklin (31 mi NE). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Hartland (31 mi); northeast toward Pewaukee (31 mi); east toward Mount Pleasant (33 mi); southeast toward Cary, IL (35 mi); south toward Crystal Lake, IL (32 mi); southwest toward Machesney Park, IL (33 mi); west toward Oregon (47 mi); northwest toward Stoughton (39 mi).

Who serves Elkhorn?

We track live outage data from We Energies ↗ in Walworth 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 — Walworth County, WI (covers Elkhorn)
Power here was restored about 2 hours ago — the outage peaked at 944 customers.
Last significant outage: Aug 19, 2026 — peaked at 944 customers, restored in ~1 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 6 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 7 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 27, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Walworth County, WI (covers Elkhorn)
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 456 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 2 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~2.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~15,076 customers out in February 2023, restored after about 2 days. The busiest year on record here was 2019.
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 Elkhorn, WI?

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 Elkhorn 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 Elkhorn, WI?

This page is a live power outage status check for the Elkhorn 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. To narrow it to your own street, search a Elkhorn ZIP code — 53121 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.

How do I report a power outage in Elkhorn, WI?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Walworth County include We Energies; 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 Elkhorn specifically, or the whole county?

Right now, the Walworth County county-wide view, which covers Elkhorn. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Elkhorn by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Elkhorn. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Burlington (13 mi E) is the closest place we track separately.

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.

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