Power Outages in Desha County, AR
No live outage feed is available for Desha County, AR yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 9.3 hours.
Desha County, AR is served by local tracked utilities.
Desha 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.
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
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Desha County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 19, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×6
- Special Weather Statement ×4
Hardest-hit cities in Desha County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Desha County went about 9.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,867 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 5,867 customers out) · decade average 16.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 399 | 3,571 | 11.3 |
| 2016 | 387 | 3,038 | 9.1 |
| 2017 | 333 | 2,971 | 7.4 |
| 2018 | 383 | 2,602 | 6.4 |
| 2019 | 342 | 2,881 | 21.0 |
| 2020 | 339 | 5,867 | 50.2 |
| 2021 | 530 | 3,010 | 12.7 |
| 2022 | 506 | 3,020 | 17.7 |
| 2023 | 471 | 3,041 | 25.7 |
| 2024 | 376 | 1,269 | 9.6 |
| 2025 | 542 | 1,416 | 9.3 |
Relatively Low hurricanes exposure · 16.4 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 Desha County: FAQ
- How often does Desha County, AR lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Desha County, AR logged 542 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 9.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Desha County, AR?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,867 customers without power, beginning April 13, 2020 and lasting about 6d 20h.
- Is there a power outage in Desha County, AR right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Desha County, AR. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Desha County.
71630, 71654, 71662, 71666, 71670, 71674, 72328, 72379
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/05041 and /api/v1/counties/05041/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Arkansas customers).