When will the power be back in Onalaska, WI?
| 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 Onalaska, Wisconsin — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Onalaska is a city in La Crosse County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Onalaska directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
Onalaska is a city of about 19,898 residents in La Crosse County.
Riverland Energy Cooperative has reported outages for Onalaska by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when Onalaska is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Onalaska: 54650 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Onalaska: the closest other places we track are La Crosse, about 5 miles to the south; Holmen, about 6 miles to the northwest; Rochester, MN, about 64 miles to the west; Reedsburg, about 65 miles to the east. Also nearby: Eau Claire (66 mi N), Chippewa Falls (73 mi N), Marshfield (74 mi NE), Wisconsin Rapids (77 mi NE), Menomonie (77 mi NW), Baraboo (79 mi E), Red Wing, MN (84 mi NW), Austin, MN (90 mi W). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Plover (92 mi); east toward Beaver Dam (122 mi); southeast toward Waunakee (101 mi); west toward Faribault, MN (107 mi); northwest toward River Falls (97 mi).
Who serves Onalaska?
We track live outage data from Riverland Energy Cooperative, Vernon Electric Coop, Xcel Energy in La Crosse 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.
Onalaska's last tracked outage began Aug 26, peaked at 63 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Aug 26 — 63 customers out, restored in an hour
- Aug 25 — 47 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Aug 18 — 108 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Aug 18 — 1,499 customers out, restored in 3 hours
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Onalaska, WI?
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 Onalaska area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page. For context from Onalaska's own record: across the 4 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Onalaska, WI?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Onalaska 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 Onalaska ZIP code — 54650 — 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 Onalaska, WI?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in La Crosse County include Riverland Energy Cooperative, Vernon Electric Coop, Xcel Energy; 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 Onalaska specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Onalaska we have the city-level view: Riverland Energy Cooperative has published outages for Onalaska under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-21. When Onalaska is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the La Crosse County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Onalaska.
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.
