When will the power be back in Columbia, MO?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Columbia is a city of about 130,900 residents in Boone County.
Ameren and Callaway Electric Cooperative have reported outages for Columbia by name on their own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Columbia 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 Columbia:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Columbia: the closest other places we track are Fulton, about 21 miles to the east; Jefferson City, about 27 miles to the south; Mexico, about 29 miles to the northeast; and Moberly, about 33 miles to the north. Also nearby: Marshall (48 mi W), Sedalia (52 mi W), Troy (73 mi E), Rolla (76 mi SE), Washington (76 mi E), Warrensburg (76 mi W), Wentzville (79 mi E) and Union (80 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Kirksville (87 mi); northeast toward Quincy, IL (85 mi); east toward Lake St. Louis (83 mi); southeast toward Festus (115 mi); south toward Lebanon (90 mi); southwest toward Bolivar (110 mi); and west toward Grain Valley (101 mi).
Who serves Columbia?
We track live outage data from Missouri Electric Cooperatives, City of Columbia Water & Light ↗, Ameren, Howard Electric Cooperative and 2 more in Boone County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Centralia also serves parts of Boone County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Columbia's last tracked outage began Sep 20, peaked at 41 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 20 — 41 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 19 — 74 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 15 — 32 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 13 — 71 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
County context: across all of Boone County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2 hr. The full record for Boone County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Columbia, MO?
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 Columbia'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 Columbia, MO?
To check your own street, search a Columbia ZIP code — 65201, 65202, 65203, 65205, 65211, 65212 or any of the other 4 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Columbia specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Columbia we have the city-level view: Ameren and Callaway Electric Cooperative have published outages for Columbia under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Columbia is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Boone County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Columbia.
