Power Outages in Prairie County, AR
No live outage feed is available for Prairie County, AR yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 49.2 hours.
Prairie County, AR is served by local tracked utilities.
Prairie 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
Prairie County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 19, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×5
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×3
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Prairie County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Prairie County went about 49.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,320 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 5,320 customers out) · decade average 29.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 421 | 3,250 | 7.7 |
| 2016 | 411 | 2,218 | 12.9 |
| 2017 | 477 | 1,759 | 15.1 |
| 2018 | 490 | 1,364 | 19.6 |
| 2019 | 389 | 2,024 | 24.4 |
| 2020 | 488 | 1,298 | 39.0 |
| 2021 | 587 | 1,582 | 15.6 |
| 2022 | 569 | 3,175 | 49.8 |
| 2023 | 543 | 5,320 | 66.8 |
| 2024 | 609 | 1,772 | 18.9 |
| 2025 | 642 | 4,080 | 49.2 |
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 29.0 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 Prairie County: FAQ
- How often does Prairie County, AR lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Prairie County, AR logged 642 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 49.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Prairie County, AR?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,320 customers without power, beginning June 25, 2023 and lasting about 6d 6h.
- Is there a power outage in Prairie County, AR right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Prairie County, AR. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Prairie County.
72017, 72040, 72041, 72064, 72066, 72170
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/05117 and /api/v1/counties/05117/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Arkansas customers).