Power Outages in Clay County, AR
Is there a power outage in Clay County, AR right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 14:56 UTC, about 3 customers are without power in Clay County, AR across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for City of Piggott - (AR), so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Clay County, AR is served by 4 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.3 hours.
Cite this data
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- https://massoutage.com/arkansas/clay-county
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- October 19, 2026 14:56 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Clay County, AR", live data as of October 19, 2026 14:56 UTC. https://massoutage.com/arkansas/clay-county
Not counted: no live feed for City of Piggott - (AR).
Report an outage in Clay County, AR
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Entergy Arkansas LLC, Clay County Electric Coop Corp - (AR) and City of Piggott - (AR); check your electric bill or the utility's website.
100%of this county's ~6,286 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Piggott - (AR). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay County Electric Coop Corp - (AR) | Live · county | 3 | 4,102 | 0.1% | - | - | - | |
| Entergy Arkansas LLC | Live · county | 0 | 3,081 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Ozark Border Electric Coop | Live · county | 0 | 6 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| City of Piggott - (AR) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Clay County Electric Coop Corp - (AR), Entergy Arkansas LLC and Ozark Border Electric Coop reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Clay Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (10)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72454 | 103 | ≤11 | 93 | ≤11 |
| 72422 | 97 | ≤11 | 79 | ≤11 |
| 72461 | 84 | ≤11 | 72 | 0 |
| 72430 | 15 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 72470 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 72464 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 72456 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 72453 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 72435 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 72424 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Clay County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Clay County right now.
Clay County has been under 13 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 10, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×11
- Wind Advisory ×2
Latest Clay County, AR outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 15m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 142 customers out (1.9% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Clay County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Clay Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Clay County went about 6.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,911 customers.
The US EIA reports Arkansas utilities averaged 7.9 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 6.3 hrs.
Worst year here was 2017 (peak 1,911 customers out) · decade average 6.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 111 | 1,522 | 6.2 |
| 2016 | 132 | 1,251 | 3.1 |
| 2017 | 112 | 1,911 | 15.4 |
| 2018 | 133 | 1,713 | 7.3 |
| 2019 | 125 | 1,718 | 6.1 |
| 2020 | 173 | 1,309 | 9.2 |
| 2021 | 143 | 1,291 | 5.3 |
| 2022 | 168 | 1,565 | 6.8 |
| 2023 | 167 | 1,296 | 2.8 |
| 2024 | 137 | 1,260 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 167 | 1,314 | 6.3 |
Cost of power in Clay County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Clay County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Entergy Arkansas LLC13.4¢612,254 cust
- Clay County Electric Coop Corp - (AR)14.4¢10,503 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 6.6 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 Clay County: FAQ
- How often does Clay County, AR lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Clay County, AR logged 167 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Clay County, AR?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,911 customers without power, beginning April 30, 2017 and lasting about 2d 16h.
- Is there a power outage in Clay County, AR right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 14:56 UTC, about 3 customers are without power in Clay County, AR across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for City of Piggott - (AR), so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Clay County, AR?
- Tracked electric providers include Clay County Electric Coop Corp - (AR), Entergy Arkansas LLC.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Clay County.
72422, 72424, 72430, 72435, 72441, 72453, 72454, 72456, 72461, 72464, 72470
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Clay County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Arkansas →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entergy Arkansas LLC | 8.6 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Clay County Electric Coop Corp - (AR) | - | Live · county | - |
| City of Piggott - (AR) | - | No live feed | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Arkansas customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/05021 and /api/v1/counties/05021/history. Live data as of .