2015 Arkansas Power Outage Report
In 2015, the average Arkansas customer went without power for about 3.7 hours, the 9th worst of 49 states (US average 2.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
3.7
vs prior year
-
no earlier year loaded
Customer-hours out
6.1M
Peak customers out
38,921
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of AR customers
Counties reporting
74
Arkansas year over year
All 74 Arkansas counties, 2015
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montgomery County | 49.6 | 205K | 4,130 | 4,130 | 350 |
| 2 | Sevier County | 43.3 | 247K | 5,699 | 4,631 | 272 |
| 3 | Dallas County | 27.4 | 89K | 3,246 | 2,622 | 267 |
| 4 | Pike County | 22.2 | 114K | 5,133 | 2,453 | 224 |
| 5 | Nevada County | 21.3 | 86K | 4,020 | 1,400 | 219 |
| 6 | Clark County | 15.6 | 186K | 11,935 | 5,735 | 364 |
| 7 | Howard County | 13.6 | 83K | 6,087 | 2,137 | 168 |
| 8 | Garland County | 13.6 | 674K | 49,734 | 26,362 | 848 |
| 9 | Lafayette County | 12.1 | 33K | 2,776 | 1,552 | 161 |
| 10 | Desha County | 11.3 | 62K | 5,462 | 3,571 | 399 |
| 11 | Drew County | 10.8 | 98K | 9,073 | 3,728 | 357 |
| 12 | Union County | 10.6 | 211K | 19,892 | 11,174 | 739 |
| 13 | Yell County | 10.5 | 102K | 9,728 | 5,286 | 434 |
| 14 | Hempstead County | 10.2 | 115K | 11,330 | 2,274 | 228 |
| 15 | Scott County | 10.0 | 50K | 4,965 | 2,159 | 91 |
| 16 | Cleveland County | 9.6 | 33K | 3,401 | 1,392 | 122 |
| 17 | Columbia County | 9.4 | 108K | 11,454 | 4,025 | 536 |
| 18 | Hot Spring County | 9.3 | 140K | 15,029 | 3,729 | 653 |
| 19 | Grant County | 8.7 | 76K | 8,732 | 2,287 | 291 |
| 20 | Ashley County | 8.6 | 80K | 9,203 | 3,693 | 437 |
| 21 | Arkansas County | 7.8 | 73K | 9,409 | 2,745 | 604 |
| 22 | Prairie County | 7.7 | 30K | 3,917 | 3,250 | 421 |
| 23 | Mississippi County | 7.7 | 138K | 17,931 | 5,560 | 536 |
| 24 | Little River County | 7.6 | 28K | 3,623 | 1,384 | 188 |
| 25 | Ouachita County | 7.1 | 95K | 13,315 | 3,974 | 419 |
| 26 | Woodruff County | 6.9 | 24K | 3,495 | 1,044 | 165 |
| 27 | Chicot County | 6.2 | 29K | 4,703 | 1,733 | 429 |
| 28 | Clay County | 6.2 | 40K | 6,466 | 1,522 | 111 |
| 29 | Stone County | 5.9 | 39K | 6,629 | 6,629 | 358 |
| 30 | Lawrence County | 5.8 | 44K | 7,466 | 2,749 | 159 |
| 31 | Pope County | 5.6 | 180K | 32,152 | 4,162 | 633 |
| 32 | Phillips County | 5.5 | 53K | 9,727 | 3,038 | 444 |
| 33 | Marion County | 5.2 | 43K | 8,270 | 2,117 | 446 |
| 34 | Jefferson County | 5.0 | 170K | 33,927 | 1,974 | 855 |
| 35 | St. Francis County | 5.0 | 63K | 12,694 | 1,572 | 427 |
| 36 | Bradley County | 4.9 | 27K | 5,463 | 1,198 | 214 |
| 37 | Poinsett County | 4.3 | 43K | 10,154 | 1,743 | 422 |
| 38 | Monroe County | 4.2 | 16K | 3,733 | 991 | 298 |
| 39 | Calhoun County | 4.1 | 15K | 3,555 | 583 | 68 |
| 40 | Crittenden County | 4.0 | 102K | 25,574 | 3,073 | 500 |
| 41 | Boone County | 3.9 | 73K | 18,659 | 4,681 | 653 |
| 42 | Independence County | 3.6 | 70K | 19,306 | 7,482 | 636 |
| 43 | White County | 3.5 | 141K | 40,502 | 4,404 | 807 |
| 44 | Miller County | 3.4 | 53K | 15,516 | 3,900 | 418 |
| 45 | Saline County | 3.1 | 155K | 49,735 | 4,404 | 727 |
| 46 | Pulaski County | 3.1 | 764K | 247,287 | 9,182 | 917 |
| 47 | Cross County | 3.0 | 24K | 7,940 | 1,245 | 375 |
| 48 | Lee County | 2.8 | 12K | 4,519 | 834 | 208 |
| 49 | Conway County | 2.7 | 34K | 12,567 | 757 | 385 |
| 50 | Sharp County | 2.6 | 28K | 10,758 | 2,317 | 301 |
| 51 | Searcy County | 2.4 | 17K | 7,013 | 638 | 166 |
| 52 | Cleburne County | 2.4 | 43K | 17,946 | 2,378 | 352 |
| 53 | Faulkner County | 2.2 | 143K | 63,679 | 3,950 | 640 |
| 54 | Lincoln County | 2.0 | 11K | 5,681 | 540 | 108 |
| 55 | Jackson County | 1.8 | 15K | 8,374 | 1,033 | 265 |
| 56 | Izard County | 1.5 | 13K | 8,572 | 3,427 | 176 |
| 57 | Randolph County | 1.5 | 13K | 8,928 | 1,232 | 90 |
| 58 | Lonoke County | 1.5 | 68K | 46,850 | 3,472 | 690 |
| 59 | Perry County | 1.4 | 9,046 | 6,378 | 622 | 146 |
| 60 | Fulton County | 1.3 | 9,136 | 7,300 | 797 | 65 |
| 61 | Sebastian County | 1.2 | 95K | 77,727 | 4,670 | 631 |
| 62 | Carroll County | 1.0 | 17K | 17,602 | 1,629 | 193 |
| 63 | Crawford County | 0.8 | 30K | 36,251 | 6,423 | 240 |
| 64 | Craighead County | 0.7 | 56K | 75,696 | 2,891 | 252 |
| 65 | Logan County | 0.7 | 8,641 | 11,952 | 574 | 150 |
| 66 | Newton County | 0.7 | 2,654 | 3,813 | 445 | 40 |
| 67 | Polk County | 0.5 | 5,601 | 11,572 | 454 | 93 |
| 68 | Washington County | 0.5 | 72K | 149,990 | 2,318 | 602 |
| 69 | Baxter County | 0.4 | 10K | 28,471 | 1,352 | 244 |
| 70 | Franklin County | 0.4 | 3,726 | 10,611 | 1,340 | 13 |
| 71 | Greene County | 0.2 | 6,029 | 31,433 | 473 | 34 |
| 72 | Benton County | 0.2 | 24K | 123,593 | 4,935 | 360 |
| 73 | Johnson County | 0.0 | 316 | 18,727 | 33 | 14 |
| 74 | Van Buren County | 0.0 | 24 | 15,567 | 3 | 7 |
Biggest Arkansas outages of 2015
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garland County, AR | June 19, 2015 11:15 | June 19, 2015 17:30 | 6h 15m | 26,362 | 32K |
| 2 | Garland County, AR | December 26, 2015 12:15 | December 27, 2015 03:30 | 15h 15m | 11,845 | 14K |
| 3 | Garland County, AR | November 17, 2015 00:30 | November 18, 2015 15:00 | 1d 14h | 11,476 | 152K |
| 4 | Union County, AR | October 5, 2015 20:00 | October 6, 2015 07:30 | 11h 30m | 11,174 | 10K |
| 5 | Pulaski County, AR | June 26, 2015 22:15 | June 29, 2015 06:30 | 2d 8h | 9,182 | 56K |
| 6 | Pulaski County, AR | May 24, 2015 19:30 | May 27, 2015 08:30 | 2d 13h | 8,414 | 133K |
| 7 | Garland County, AR | May 26, 2015 00:30 | May 28, 2015 03:30 | 2d 3h | 8,327 | 123K |
| 8 | Independence County, AR | January 6, 2015 20:30 | January 6, 2015 22:00 | 1h 30m | 7,482 | 2,294 |
| 9 | Pulaski County, AR | October 14, 2015 12:15 | October 15, 2015 07:30 | 19h 15m | 6,952 | 2,347 |
| 10 | Stone County, AR | January 6, 2015 20:30 | January 6, 2015 23:00 | 2h 30m | 6,629 | 2,615 |
| 11 | Crawford County, AR | September 17, 2015 13:45 | September 17, 2015 16:45 | 3h | 6,423 | 2,406 |
| 12 | Union County, AR | April 18, 2015 17:15 | April 18, 2015 20:15 | 3h | 6,265 | 5,169 |
| 13 | Clark County, AR | February 16, 2015 06:45 | February 20, 2015 00:45 | 3d 18h | 5,735 | 131K |
| 14 | Mississippi County, AR | July 14, 2015 20:15 | July 16, 2015 18:00 | 1d 21h | 5,560 | 38K |
| 15 | Garland County, AR | April 8, 2015 07:00 | April 9, 2015 00:00 | 17h | 5,429 | 56K |
| 16 | Garland County, AR | April 6, 2015 14:15 | April 7, 2015 01:15 | 11h | 5,423 | 11K |
| 17 | Garland County, AR | November 18, 2015 15:45 | November 20, 2015 02:15 | 1d 10h | 5,408 | 37K |
| 18 | Yell County, AR | September 25, 2015 12:30 | September 25, 2015 17:45 | 5h 15m | 5,286 | 8,326 |
| 19 | Clark County, AR | May 29, 2015 21:45 | May 31, 2015 00:00 | 1d 2h | 5,187 | 5,151 |
| 20 | Pulaski County, AR | April 6, 2015 15:30 | April 6, 2015 16:15 | 45m | 4,977 | 1,609 |
| 21 | Benton County, AR | September 26, 2015 15:30 | September 26, 2015 17:00 | 1h 30m | 4,935 | 2,805 |
| 22 | Boone County, AR | July 25, 2015 03:00 | July 26, 2015 05:00 | 1d 2h | 4,681 | 7,649 |
| 23 | Sebastian County, AR | July 13, 2015 04:30 | July 13, 2015 07:00 | 2h 30m | 4,670 | 2,377 |
| 24 | Sebastian County, AR | July 13, 2015 02:00 | July 13, 2015 03:00 | 1h | 4,669 | 4,511 |
| 25 | Sevier County, AR | June 30, 2015 18:45 | July 1, 2015 18:15 | 23h 30m | 4,631 | 9,286 |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Arkansas's electricity customers in 2015; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.