When will the power be back in Lake City, FL?
| 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 24, 9,197 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 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 Lake City, Florida — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Lake City is a city in Columbia County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Lake City directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
Lake City is a city of about 12,783 residents in Columbia County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Lake City by name, so this page reports the Columbia County county-wide view, which covers Lake City. If a serving utility does name Lake City during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Lake City: 32024 · 32025 · 32055 · 32056 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Lake City: the closest other places we track are Alachua, about 30 miles to the south; Gainesville, about 39 miles to the southeast; Green Cove Springs, about 59 miles to the east; Jacksonville, about 59 miles to the east. Also nearby: Palatka (69 mi SE), Kingsland, GA (70 mi NE), Waycross, GA (73 mi N), St. Marys, GA (74 mi NE), Ocala (76 mi SE), Jacksonville Beach (76 mi E), Atlantic Beach (76 mi E), Fernandina Beach (78 mi NE). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Douglas, GA (92 mi); northeast toward Brunswick, GA (96 mi); east toward St. Augustine (82 mi); southeast toward Palm Coast (95 mi); south toward Wildwood (105 mi); west toward Tallahassee (98 mi); northwest toward Thomasville, GA (91 mi).
Who serves Lake City?
We track live outage data from Clay Electric Coop, Florida Power & Light, Suwannee Valley Electric Coop ↗ in Columbia 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.
Lake City's last tracked outage began Aug 20, peaked at 132 customers out, and was restored in 9 hours. Across the 3 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Aug 20 — 132 customers out, restored in 9 hours
- Aug 20 — 39 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
- Aug 20 — 778 customers out, restored in 2 hours
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Lake City, FL?
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 Lake City 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 Lake City's own record: across the 3 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Lake City, FL?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Lake City 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 Lake City ZIP code — 32024, 32025, 32055, 32056 — 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 Lake City, FL?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Columbia County include Clay Electric Coop, Florida Power & Light, Suwannee Valley 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 Lake City specifically, or the whole county?
Right now, the Columbia County county-wide view, which covers Lake City. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Lake City by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Lake City. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Alachua (30 mi S) 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.
