Power outages in St. Joseph County, IN
Live outage counts for South Bend, Mishawaka and Osceola and the rest of St. Joseph County, updated every 10 minutes from Indiana Michigan Power.
Right now
Normal: scattered outages
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Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.11customers without power
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A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.Indiana Michigan Power11 / 94,510
Northern Indiana Pub Serv Cono live feedAlso serves this county, per federal utility records. Check its own outage map.
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This 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.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Midwest Energy Cooperative - (MI)no live feedAlso serves this county, per federal utility records. Check its own outage map.
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This 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.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.City of Mishawakano live feedAlso serves this county, per federal utility records. Check its own outage map.
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This 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.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Kankakee Valley Rural E M Cno live feedAlso serves this county, per federal utility records. Check its own outage map.
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This 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.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Outage map
County outlineIndiana Michigan Power publishes totals only, not outage locations.
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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.Outages by ZIP code
3 of 19 ZIP codes have outages| ZIP | Area | Out | CustomersiA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way. | % outiCustomers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area. |
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| 46601 | South Bend | 7 | 2,085 | 0.34% |
| 46561 | Osceola / Granger | fewer than 5 | 5,775 | 0.03% |
| 46628 | South Bend | fewer than 5 | 12,803 | 0.02% |
| 46530 | Granger | 0 | 11,943 | 0.00% |
| 46536 | Lakeville / La Paz | 0 | 1,561 | 0.00% |
| 46544 | Mishawaka | 0 | 1,343 | 0.00% |
| 46545 | Mishawaka / Granger | 0 | 2,517 | 0.00% |
| 46552 | New Carlisle / Hudson Lake | 0 | 2,479 | 0.00% |
| 46554 | North Liberty | 0 | 493 | 0.00% |
| 46556 | Notre Dame | 0 | 43 | 0.00% |
| 46613 | South Bend | 0 | 4,738 | 0.00% |
| 46614 | South Bend | 0 | 14,154 | 0.00% |
| 46615 | South Bend | 0 | 7,317 | 0.00% |
| 46616 | South Bend | 0 | 2,866 | 0.00% |
| 46617 | South Bend | 0 | 6,455 | 0.00% |
Outage history in St. Joseph County
2014–2025 recordSt. Joseph County averaged 23.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Indiana counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 21. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 2.8 days, starting March 30, 2025.
The largest on record began March 30, 2025, with 25,546 customers out at once.
23.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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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.2.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.3.1 dayslongest on record (June 2016)
25,546most customers out at once
| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| March 30, 2025 | 25,546 | 2.8 days | 792,733 |
| January 1, 2021 | 22,952 | 3 days | 762,952 |
| June 20, 2016 | 18,140 | 3.1 days | 456,461 |
| September 28, 2019 | 16,266 | 1.9 days | 300,262 |
| November 5, 2022 | 12,883 | 27 hours | 174,458 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
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
- Indiana Michigan Power: 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.
Cities in St. Joseph County
Nearby counties
Utilities
- Indiana Michigan Power
- Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co no live feed
- Midwest Energy Cooperative - (MI) no live feed
- City of Mishawaka no live feed
- Kankakee Valley Rural E M C no live feed
- Marshall County Rural E M C no live feed
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