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Who serves Columbia County?
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Entergy and Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — Columbia County, AR
Last significant outage: Sep 27, 2026 — peaked at 947 customers, restored in ~4.7 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 8 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 6 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 26, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Columbia County, AR
Federal outage records (
EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
342 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025.
Typical restoration ran ~
3.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~6,114 customers out in August 2020, restored after about 3.3 days.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level
records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records,
not events tracked live by this site.
Cities we track in Columbia County
Communities in Columbia County include Magnolia, Waldo, Taylor, McNeil and Emerson. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in Columbia County, AR?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Columbia include Entergy and Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
