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When will the power be back in Columbia County, FL?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Florida
14
customers reported out in Columbia County, FL
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
County-wide restoration outlook: past outages here of 200+ customers in the same kind of weather ran ~1 hr start to finish (8 on record)
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
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Who serves Columbia County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Clay Electric Cooperative, Florida Power & Light, Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative ↗ and Duke Energy Florida, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider. For the parent company's combined picture, see Duke Energy outages across every state it serves.

Outage history — Columbia County, FL
Last significant outage: Oct 10, 2026 — peaked at 554 customers, restored in ~1.3 hr (weather alert).
Across the 26 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 1.8 hr (median).
Every outage behind these figures (26)
BeganPeak outRestored inWeather
Oct 10, 2026554~1.3 hrweather alert
Oct 8, 20261,184~1 hrno severe weather
Oct 5, 2026236~1 hrweather alert
Oct 4, 2026532~2.7 hrweather alert
Sep 19, 2026250~1 hrno severe weather
Sep 14, 2026493~1.2 hrno severe weather
Sep 14, 2026528~1.3 hrno severe weather
Sep 7, 2026616~4.5 hrweather alert
Aug 28, 2026632~30 minno severe weather
Aug 24, 2026246~1 hrwind/storm
Aug 23, 2026312~42 minno severe weather
Aug 20, 20261,415~10 hrheat event
Aug 18, 2026610~2.8 hrheat event
Aug 17, 2026226~1.2 hrheat event
Aug 14, 2026284~13.7 hrheat event
Aug 13, 2026510~4.5 hrheat event
Aug 12, 2026448~5.8 hrheat event
Aug 9, 2026216~3.7 hrweather alert
Aug 8, 2026573~1.7 hrno severe weather
Aug 6, 20261,335~5.7 hrweather alert
Aug 3, 2026572~1.8 hrweather alert
Aug 2, 2026412~16.5 hrweather alert
Jul 30, 2026538~4.3 hrheat event
Jul 30, 2026345~48 minheat event
Jul 29, 2026554~10.8 hrheat event
Jul 22, 2026366~30 minno severe weather
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 22, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Columbia County, FL
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 769 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 9 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~2.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is shorter than the Florida norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~3.3 hr.
Largest on record: ~44,341 customers out in September 2017, restored after about 5.4 days. The busiest year on record here was 2023.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025, replayed through the same event rules as our tracking archive above with two differences: outages shorter than half an hour count here, and a reading above twice the county's customers or households is capped. They cover a far longer period than we have been tracking — a different set of outages, so the two typical times differ. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.
Cities with their own pages in Columbia County
Lake City

Communities in Columbia County include Lake City, Fort White, Five Points, North Columbia and Watertown. 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, FL?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Columbia include Clay Electric Cooperative, Florida Power & Light, Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative and others — 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.

Nearby counties & areas
Union County · Baker County · Suwannee County · Hamilton County · Bradford County · Gilchrist County · Lafayette County · Alachua County
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