When will the power be back in Lake City, FL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
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:
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; and Valdosta, GA, about 59 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Jacksonville (59 mi E); Palatka (69 mi SE); Kingsland, GA (70 mi NE); Waycross, GA (73 mi N); St. Marys, GA (74 mi NE); Ocala (76 mi SE); St. Augustine (82 mi E); and Douglas, GA (92 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Vidalia, GA (141 mi); northeast toward Brunswick, GA (96 mi); southeast toward Palm Coast (95 mi); south toward Wildwood (105 mi); west toward Tallahassee (98 mi); and northwest toward Moultrie, GA (95 mi).
Who serves Lake City?
We track live outage data from Clay Electric Cooperative, Florida Power & Light, Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative ↗ and Duke Energy Florida in Columbia County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see Duke Energy outages across every state it serves.
Lake City's last tracked outage began Oct 6, peaked at 26 customers out, and was restored in 30 minutes. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Oct 6 — 26 customers out, restored in 30 minutes
- Oct 4 — 513 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 30 — 68 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 26 — 57 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
County context: across all of Columbia County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.3 hr. The full record for Columbia County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Lake City, FL?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Lake City's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Lake City, FL?
To check your own street, search a Lake City ZIP code — 32024, 32025, 32055 or 32056 — and the map opens on that area.
