Power Outages in Newton County, AR
No live outage feed is available for Newton County, AR yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 15.4 hours.
Newton County, AR is served by local tracked utilities.
Newton 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 Newton County right now.
Newton County has been under 5 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Dense Fog Advisory on July 16, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×2
- Dense Fog Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Newton County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Newton County went about 15.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,503 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 3,752 customers out) · decade average 7.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 40 | 445 | 0.7 |
| 2016 | 54 | 61 | 0.4 |
| 2017 | 135 | 916 | 2.5 |
| 2018 | 43 | 435 | 1.5 |
| 2019 | 258 | 1,183 | 5.3 |
| 2020 | 288 | 3,607 | 4.7 |
| 2021 | 264 | 4,993 | 4.8 |
| 2022 | 226 | 5,503 | 12.9 |
| 2023 | 271 | 3,752 | 27.7 |
| 2024 | 328 | 2,013 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 308 | 5,110 | 15.4 |
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 7.2 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 Newton County: FAQ
- How often does Newton County, AR lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Newton County, AR logged 308 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 15.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Newton County, AR?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,503 customers without power, beginning May 3, 2022 and lasting about 20h.
- Is there a power outage in Newton County, AR right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Newton County, AR. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Newton County.
72624, 72628, 72640, 72641, 72648, 72655, 72666, 72670, 72683, 72685, 72856
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/05101 and /api/v1/counties/05101/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Arkansas customers).