When will the power be back in Bloomsburg, PA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Bloomsburg is a town of about 13,286 residents in Columbia County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Bloomsburg by name, so this page reports the Columbia County county-wide view, which covers Bloomsburg. If a serving utility does name Bloomsburg during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Bloomsburg:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Bloomsburg: the closest other places we track are Berwick, about 11 miles to the east; Hazleton, about 25 miles to the east; Pottsville, about 26 miles to the southeast; and Nanticoke, about 27 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Williamsport (34 mi NW), Wilkes-Barre (35 mi NE), Kingston (35 mi NE), Lebanon (46 mi S), Scranton (50 mi NE), Dunmore (53 mi NE), Wyomissing (53 mi SE) and Reading (54 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Elmira, NY (78 mi); east toward Easton (68 mi); southeast toward Northampton (55 mi); south toward Ephrata (59 mi); southwest toward Harrisburg (55 mi); and west toward State College (75 mi).
Who serves Bloomsburg?
We track live outage data from PPL Electric Utilities in Columbia County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Borough of Catawissa also serves parts of Columbia County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Bloomsburg's last tracked outage began Sep 21, peaked at 62 customers out, and was restored in 4 hours. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Sep 21 — 62 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 10 — 42 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 2 — 1,797 customers out, restored in 55 minutes
- Aug 28 — 1,013 customers out, restored in 3 hours
County context: across all of Columbia County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.8 hr. The full record for Columbia County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Bloomsburg, PA?
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 Bloomsburg's own record: across the 4 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Bloomsburg, PA?
To check your own street, search a Bloomsburg ZIP code — 17815 — and the map opens on that area.
