When will the power be back in Le Mars, IA?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence 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 29, 10,280 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 1.6 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 2.6 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 Le Mars, Iowa — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Le Mars is a city in Plymouth County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Le Mars directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
Le Mars is a city of about 10,674 residents in Plymouth County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Le Mars by name, so this page reports the Plymouth County county-wide view, which covers Le Mars. If a serving utility does name Le Mars during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Le Mars: 51031 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Le Mars: the closest other places we track are Sioux City, about 23 miles to the southwest; Vermillion, SD, about 38 miles to the west; Harrisburg, SD, about 53 miles to the northwest; Spencer, about 57 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Sioux Falls, SD (60 mi NW), Brandon, SD (60 mi N), Yankton, SD (62 mi W), Worthington, MN (65 mi NE), Fort Dodge (103 mi E), Fairmont, MN (105 mi NE), Brookings, SD (110 mi N), Mitchell, SD (114 mi NW). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Marshall, MN (117 mi); northeast toward Mankato, MN (146 mi); east toward Boone (127 mi); southeast toward Waukee (143 mi); south toward Lincoln, NE (139 mi); northwest toward Huron, SD (149 mi).
Who serves Le Mars?
We track live outage data from North West Rural Electric Coop in Plymouth 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.
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Le Mars, IA?
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 Le Mars 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 Le Mars, IA?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Le Mars 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 Le Mars ZIP code — 51031 — 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 Le Mars, IA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Plymouth County include North West Rural Electric Coop; 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 Le Mars specifically, or the whole county?
Right now, the Plymouth County county-wide view, which covers Le Mars. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Le Mars by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Le Mars. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Sioux City (23 mi SW) 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.
