Power outages in Urbana, IL

Live outages for Urbana and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Urbana has 39,719 residents.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages

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

4customers without power in Champaign County

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

<0.01% of 97,658 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 Urbana itself; see its ZIP codes below.

Outage map

UrbanaChampaign 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.

ZIP codes in Urbana

ZIPs mostly inside Urbana; share from the Census

ZIP	Inside Urbana i How much of the ZIP code's addresses lie inside the city, from Census Bureau data.	Out	Customers i A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.	% out i Customers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
61801	89%	0	13,802	0.00%

Outage history in Champaign County, which includes Urbana

2014–2025 record

Champaign County averaged 17 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Illinois counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 16. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 5.5 hours, starting June 18, 2025.

The largest on record began June 29, 2023, with 30,548 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in June.

17significant 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 hourtypical (median) length

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

4.1 dayslongest on record (June 2023)

30,548most 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.
June 29, 2023	30,548	4.1 days	941,644
July 16, 2024	9,622	20 hours	69,693
June 30, 2019	8,370	6.5 hours	31,625
August 11, 2025	5,900	4.5 hours	17,357
May 19, 2020	5,692	1.5 hours	8,230

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.