Power outages in Marshall County, IL

Live outage counts for Henry, Lacon and Toluca and the rest of Marshall County, updated every 10 minutes from Ameren Illinois.

Right now

No outages reported
iNormal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.
0customers without power
iA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.
0.00% of 5,214 customersUpdated 7 min ago
iWe check every utility's outage data every 10 minutes. Each utility updates its own map on its own schedule, usually every 5 to 15 minutes.
Commonwealth Edison Cono live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Also serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
. Check its own outage map.
Corn Belt Energy Corporationno live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Also serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
. Check its own outage map.

Outage map

Outage locations not published
County outlineAmeren Illinois publishes totals only, not outage locations.
iSome utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.

Outages by ZIP code

0 of 8 ZIP codes have outages
ZIPAreaOutCustomers
iA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.
% out
iCustomers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
61369Toluca0360.00%
61375Varna / La Rose08240.00%
61424Unincorporated area0620.00%
61479Unincorporated area0750.00%
61537Henry01,5320.00%
61540Lacon01,5560.00%
61541La Rose0700.00%
61565Hopewell / Sparland07170.00%

Outage history in Marshall County

2014–2025 record

Marshall County averaged 17.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Illinois counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 14. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 18 hours, starting March 15, 2025.

The largest on record began July 15, 2024, with 5,527 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in July.

17.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.
2.5 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
3.8 dayslongest on record (July 2024)
5,527most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
July 15, 20245,5273.8 days213,073
December 28, 20154,8212.3 days101,121
February 7, 20173,5544 hours1,840
November 25, 20143,54312 hours15,667
April 1, 20232,9593 hours3,876

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.

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