When will the power be back in Columbus, GA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Columbus is a city of about 201,830 residents in Muscogee County.
Georgia Power has reported outages for Columbus by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Columbus 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 Columbus:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Columbus: the closest other places we track are Phenix City, AL, about 9 miles to the west; Valley, AL, about 27 miles to the northwest; Opelika, AL, about 31 miles to the west; and Auburn, AL, about 36 miles to the west. Also nearby: LaGrange (37 mi N); Eufaula, AL (44 mi S); Americus (49 mi SE); Newnan (60 mi N); Griffin (61 mi NE); Peachtree City (64 mi N); Perry (67 mi E); and Alexander City, AL (68 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Fayetteville (69 mi); northeast toward Lovejoy (72 mi); east toward Warner Robins (72 mi); southeast toward Albany (76 mi); south toward Dothan, AL (94 mi); southwest toward Troy, AL (80 mi); west toward Pike Road, AL (72 mi); and northwest toward Sylacauga, AL (93 mi).
Who serves Columbus?
We track live outage data from Georgia Power, Diverse Power and Flint Energies / Flint EMC ↗ in Muscogee County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Columbus's last tracked outage began Oct 1, peaked at 70 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 1 — 70 customers out, restored in an hour
- Oct 1 — 92 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 30 — 77 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Sep 29 — 43 customers out, restored in 3 hours
County context: across all of Muscogee County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.5 hr. The full record for Muscogee County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Columbus, GA?
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 Columbus's own record: across the 6 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 Columbus, GA?
To check your own street, search a Columbus ZIP code — 31901, 31902, 31903, 31904, 31906, 31907 or any of the other 8 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Columbus specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Columbus we have the city-level view: Georgia Power has published outages for Columbus under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Columbus is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Muscogee County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Columbus.
