When will the power be back in Columbia County, WI?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Columbia County, WI right now.

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Elsewhere in Wisconsin: 49 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 9:02 AM CDT.

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Who serves Columbia County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Alliant Energy and Adams-Columbia Electric Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Columbus, Wisconsin Dells Electric Utility, City of Lodi and 1 other also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Columbia County, WI

Last significant outage: Aug 18, 2026 — peaked at 272 customers, restored in ~11 hr (wind/storm).

Across the 3 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 9 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 1, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Columbia County, WI

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 216 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~1.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

That is shorter than the Wisconsin norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2.5 hr.

Largest on record: ~8,271 customers out in June 2020, restored after about 24.3 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2024.

Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Communities covered

Communities in Columbia County include Portage, Columbus, Lodi, Wisconsin Dells, Poynette, Pardeeville, Fall River and Rio. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Columbia County, WI?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Columbia include Alliant Energy, Adams-Columbia Electric Cooperative, City of Columbus and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Nearby counties & areas

Marquette County · Green Lake County · Dane County · Sauk County · Dodge County · Adams County · Jefferson County · Waushara County

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