Power outages in Sauget, IL

Live outages for Sauget and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Sauget has 129 residents.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages

Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.

1customers without power in St. Clair County

A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.

<0.01% of 116,097 customersUpdated 7 min ago

We 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.

Ameren Illinois doesn't publish a count for Sauget itself; see its ZIP codes below.

Outage map

SaugetSt. Clair CountyAmeren Illinois publishes totals only, not outage locations.

Some utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.

Outage history in St. Clair County, which includes Sauget

2014–2025 record

St. Clair County averaged 21.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Illinois counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 24. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 2.2 days, starting March 14, 2025.

The largest on record began July 13, 2016, with 40,861 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in July.

21.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)

At 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.

1.5 hourstypical (median) length

Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.

4.4 dayslongest on record (July 2023)

40,861most customers out at once

Largest events (start)	Peak out	Lasted i How long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.	Customer-hours i Customers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
July 13, 2016	40,861	2.4 days	1,042,326
June 28, 2018	28,750	2.6 days	540,976
October 25, 2021	28,422	5 hours	66,851
March 14, 2025	18,062	2.2 days	335,819
June 26, 2015	14,467	22 hours	131,532

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

From 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.

If your power is out

Report it to your utility

Ameren Illinois: outage map and reporting
Stay at least 35 feet from downed power lines and report them right away.

Food safety

0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.

Generators, heat and cold

Run generators outside only, at least 20 feet from windows and doors. Never in a garage.
Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.

Sauget is in

St. Clair County