Power Outages in Independence County, AR
No live outage feed is available for Independence County, AR yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.5 hours.
Independence County, AR is served by local tracked utilities.
Independence 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
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
Independence County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 19, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×5
- Heat Advisory ×4
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×2
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×2
- Dense Fog Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Independence County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Independence County went about 5.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 11,533 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 8,697 customers out) · decade average 6.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 636 | 7,482 | 3.6 |
| 2016 | 607 | 11,463 | 7.0 |
| 2017 | 594 | 3,797 | 6.2 |
| 2018 | 616 | 11,533 | 4.2 |
| 2019 | 547 | 1,945 | 4.3 |
| 2020 | 607 | 5,786 | 7.0 |
| 2021 | 715 | 5,819 | 4.1 |
| 2022 | 913 | 2,768 | 5.9 |
| 2023 | 703 | 8,697 | 14.7 |
| 2024 | 766 | 10,015 | 5.2 |
| 2025 | 805 | 2,238 | 5.5 |
Very High ice storms exposure · 6.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Independence County: FAQ
- How often does Independence County, AR lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Independence County, AR logged 805 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Independence County, AR?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 11,533 customers without power, beginning June 7, 2018 and lasting about 5h.
- Is there a power outage in Independence County, AR right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Independence County, AR. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Independence County.
72165, 72501, 72522, 72524, 72526, 72527, 72534, 72550, 72553, 72562, 72564, 72568, 72571, 72579
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/05063 and /api/v1/counties/05063/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Arkansas customers).