Power outages in Columbus, ND
Live outages for Columbus and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Columbus has 130 residents.
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ColumbusBurke County
Outage history in Burke County, which includes Columbus
2014–2025 recordBurke County averaged 3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most North Dakota counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 2. Half were over within 30 minutes; the longest lasted 30 minutes, starting May 13, 2025.
The largest on record began November 11, 2020, with 707 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in January.
3significant 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.1.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.2.2 dayslongest on record (April 2022)
707most 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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| November 11, 2020 | 707 | 3.5 hours | 681 |
| February 13, 2020 | 634 | 2.5 hours | 795 |
| April 23, 2022 | 568 | 2.2 days | 19,114 |
| March 6, 2018 | 524 | 3 hours | 1,485 |
| April 28, 2019 | 452 | 12 hours | 3,230 |
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.