Power outages in Columbus, IN
Live outages for Columbus and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Columbus has 52,655 residents.
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ColumbusBartholomew County
Outage history in Bartholomew County, which includes Columbus
2014–2025 recordBartholomew County averaged 33.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Indiana counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 31. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 1.9 days, starting June 18, 2025.
The largest on record began May 21, 2022, with 19,615 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in July.
33.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.2 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.2.3 dayslongest on record (June 2023)
19,615most customers out at once
| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| May 21, 2022 | 19,615 | 1.9 days | 248,934 |
| June 18, 2025 | 12,903 | 1.9 days | 205,545 |
| November 15, 2018 | 9,306 | 1.7 days | 108,455 |
| June 29, 2023 | 8,511 | 13 hours | 14,477 |
| April 9, 2020 | 7,412 | 14 hours | 56,538 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.