Is the power out in 31901?

Live answer for ZIP 31901 (Columbus 100% of the ZIP; Muscogee County), from Georgia Power, updated every 10 minutes.

Right now in 31901

No. The utility reports no outages in 31901 right now.

0.00% of 5,528 customers

A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.

Updated 8 min ago

We check every utility's outage data every 10 minutes. Each utility updates its own map on its own schedule, usually every 5 to 15 minutes.

Outage map

ZIP 31901Muscogee CountyOutage (size = customers)

Each dot is an outage the utility reports, placed where the utility puts it, often the middle of the affected area rather than a specific home. Tap a dot for the number of customers and the utility's estimated restoration time.

Neighboring ZIP codes

ZIP	Area	Out	Customers i A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.	% out i Customers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
31906	Columbus	0	10,939	0.00%
31903	Columbus	0	9,693	0.00%
31907	Columbus	0	24,839	0.00%
31904	Columbus	15	16,304	0.09%
31909	Columbus	8	19,553	0.04%
31820	Columbus	fewer than 5	4,478	0.04%

Outage history in Muscogee County, which includes 31901

2014–2025 record

Muscogee County averaged 35.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Georgia counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 24. Half were over within 45 minutes; the longest lasted 17 hours, starting February 16, 2025.

The largest on record began April 3, 2017, with 28,390 customers out at once.

35.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)

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 hourtypical (median) length

Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.

1.9 dayslongest on record (September 2017)

28,390most customers out at once

Largest events (start)	Peak out	Lasted i How long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.	Customer-hours i Customers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
April 3, 2017	28,390	33 hours	193,329
September 11, 2017	27,570	1.9 days	276,432
August 18, 2024	18,620	13 hours	84,561
March 3, 2019	9,798	26 hours	58,486
April 1, 2023	8,535	30 minutes	3,273

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

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.

If your power is out

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Food safety

0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.

Generators, heat and cold

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Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
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