Power Outages in Baxter County, AR
No live outage feed is available for Baxter County, AR yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.3 hours.
Baxter County, AR is served by local tracked utilities.
Baxter 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.
No active NWS alerts for Baxter County right now.
Baxter County has been under 6 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 17, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Dense Fog Advisory ×1
- Flash Flood Warning ×1
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Baxter County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Baxter County went about 4.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 25,906 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 20,876 customers out) · decade average 6.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 244 | 1,352 | 0.4 |
| 2016 | 233 | 2,285 | 0.5 |
| 2017 | 302 | 6,713 | 1.8 |
| 2018 | 349 | 1,957 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 365 | 6,758 | 1.5 |
| 2020 | 842 | 4,359 | 3.1 |
| 2021 | 832 | 7,368 | 4.5 |
| 2022 | 985 | 2,791 | 3.5 |
| 2023 | 942 | 20,876 | 25.4 |
| 2024 | 942 | 25,906 | 22.3 |
| 2025 | 960 | 16,608 | 4.3 |
Very High ice storms exposure · 6.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Baxter County: FAQ
- How often does Baxter County, AR lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Baxter County, AR logged 960 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Baxter County, AR?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 25,906 customers without power, beginning May 26, 2024 and lasting about 6d 15h.
- Is there a power outage in Baxter County, AR right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Baxter County, AR. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Baxter County.
72519, 72537, 72544, 72617, 72623, 72626, 72635, 72642, 72651, 72653, 72658
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/05005 and /api/v1/counties/05005/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Arkansas customers).