Power Outages in Columbia County, PA
No live outage feed is available for Columbia County, PA yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.2 hours.
Columbia County, PA is served by local tracked utilities.
Columbia County's utilities do not report live data to ODIN, so real-time outage counts aren't available here. The historical record below is complete.
- Flood WatchSEVERE
- Severe Thunderstorm WatchSEVERE
Columbia County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on July 18, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×4
- Heat Advisory ×3
- Flood Watch ×1
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Columbia County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Columbia County went about 5.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 21,274 customers.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 12,315 customers out) · decade average 7.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 485 | 21,274 | 2.7 |
| 2016 | 499 | 2,816 | 2.8 |
| 2017 | 517 | 2,753 | 2.2 |
| 2018 | 599 | 5,162 | 10.0 |
| 2019 | 653 | 10,278 | 11.7 |
| 2020 | 701 | 6,090 | 3.8 |
| 2021 | 649 | 7,295 | 12.9 |
| 2022 | 708 | 11,378 | 8.2 |
| 2023 | 636 | 5,450 | 5.6 |
| 2024 | 677 | 12,315 | 20.3 |
| 2025 | 710 | 3,030 | 5.2 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 7.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Columbia County: FAQ
- How often does Columbia County, PA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Columbia County, PA logged 710 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Columbia County, PA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 21,274 customers without power, beginning October 28, 2015 and lasting about 19h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Columbia County, PA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Columbia County, PA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Columbia County.
17814, 17815, 17820, 17824, 17846, 17858, 17859, 17878, 17888, 17920, 17945, 18603, 18631
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/42037 and /api/v1/counties/42037/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Pennsylvania customers).