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2016 Arkansas Power Outage Report

In 2016, the average Arkansas customer went without power for about 5.5 hours, the 8th worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
5.5
vs prior year
▲ 47%
vs 2015
Customer-hours out
9.0M
Peak customers out
163,448
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of AR customers
Counties reporting
74

Arkansas year over year

Arkansas: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 3.7h; 2016: 5.4h; 2017: 4.4h; 2018: 4.4h, coverage 78%; 2019: 6.1h, coverage 83%; 2020: 10.4h, coverage 86%; 2021: 5.4h, coverage 86%; 2022: 6.8h, coverage 86%; 2023: 13.6h; 2024: 8.5h; 2025: 8.1h0510150%50%100%3.7h20155.4h20164.4h20174.4h20186.1h201910.4h20205.4h20216.8h202213.6h20238.5h20248.1h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2016

Customer-hours without power across Arkansas; July was the worst.

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Arkansas customer-hours without power by month, 2016Jan 556K, Feb 180K, Mar 515K, Apr 648K, May 469K, Jun 485K, Jul 4.6M, Aug 561K, Sep 253K, Oct 257K, Nov 184K, Dec 236K02M4M6M556KJan180KFeb515KMar648KApr469KMay485KJun4.6MJul561KAug253KSep257KOct184KNov236KDec
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All 74 Arkansas counties, 2016

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Montgomery County85.1351K4,1304,130348
2Hot Spring County26.1392K15,0297,582562
3Union County23.1460K19,8928,857772
4Dallas County18.861K3,2462,480253
5Pike County17.087K5,1331,640207
6Garland County16.9841K49,73420,881814
7Chicot County15.573K4,7031,883457
8Prairie County12.951K3,9172,218411
9Stone County12.180K6,6296,629360
10Sevier County12.169K5,6994,601296
11Jefferson County11.7398K33,92711,260774
12Ouachita County11.2149K13,3152,526426
13Cleveland County11.037K3,4011,176105
14Ashley County11.0101K9,2033,847406
15Bradley County10.859K5,4632,529203
16Yell County9.996K9,7285,664480
17Grant County9.986K8,7324,383297
18Drew County9.687K9,0734,078290
19Columbia County9.4107K11,4543,981513
20Saline County9.3464K49,73517,295891
21Desha County9.150K5,4623,038387
22Lafayette County9.125K2,7761,540161
23Pulaski County8.82.2M247,28750,630901
24Poinsett County8.788K10,1544,356466
25Marion County8.671K8,2704,173438
26Nevada County7.731K4,0201,544182
27Arkansas County7.268K9,4092,632582
28Independence County7.0136K19,30611,463607
29Clark County6.983K11,9352,912325
30Phillips County6.765K9,7271,492453
31Mississippi County6.6118K17,9315,428572
32Monroe County6.023K3,7331,432330
33Cross County5.846K7,9404,038427
34Little River County5.620K3,6233,052194
35Sebastian County4.8376K77,72715,317249
36Pope County4.6148K32,1526,731652
37Izard County4.538K8,5723,545171
38Miller County4.266K15,5163,389384
39Perry County3.925K6,3781,463292
40Boone County3.972K18,6594,879644
41Calhoun County3.814K3,55554276
42Crittenden County3.795K25,5743,363488
43Sharp County3.538K10,7581,960265
44Howard County3.521K6,0871,476143
45Clay County3.120K6,4661,251132
46Scott County3.116K4,9651,628111
47Woodruff County3.111K3,495822159
48St. Francis County3.038K12,6944,080463
49White County2.9118K40,5022,731907
50Hempstead County2.933K11,3301,048179
51Jackson County2.824K8,3741,004266
52Lawrence County2.619K7,4662,728179
53Logan County2.631K11,9522,777112
54Lonoke County2.5117K46,8505,655837
55Lee County2.511K4,5191,297235
56Cleburne County2.444K17,9462,238582
57Crawford County2.488K36,2512,51932
58Conway County2.430K12,567868356
59Faulkner County2.3147K63,6796,101647
60Fulton County1.914K7,30078938
61Lincoln County1.48,1045,681478105
62Searcy County1.39,0787,013640145
63Polk County0.99,88211,5721,382102
64Washington County0.7110K149,9904,580602
65Franklin County0.66,73110,6111,9357
66Carroll County0.611K17,6021,634150
67Craighead County0.646K75,6961,692217
68Randolph County0.54,5058,928469109
69Baxter County0.514K28,4712,285233
70Newton County0.41,4043,8136154
71Benton County0.221K123,5932,612365
72Greene County0.12,79831,43346040
73Johnson County0.026818,727981
74Van Buren County0.06315,567413

Biggest Arkansas outages of 2016

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Pulaski County, ARJuly 14, 2016 12:15July 20, 2016 01:305d 13h50,6301.3M
2Garland County, ARJuly 14, 2016 20:15July 19, 2016 00:304d 4h20,881525K
3Saline County, ARJuly 14, 2016 17:30July 18, 2016 23:154d 5h17,295215K
4Sebastian County, ARJuly 14, 2016 20:45July 18, 2016 18:153d 21h15,317277K
5Pulaski County, ARApril 29, 2016 10:30May 1, 2016 06:001d 19h12,27346K
6Independence County, ARJanuary 18, 2016 07:00January 18, 2016 21:1514h 15m11,46376K
7Jefferson County, ARJuly 14, 2016 23:45July 20, 2016 03:005d 3h11,260216K
8Pulaski County, AROctober 21, 2016 12:30October 21, 2016 22:3010h10,7935,768
9Saline County, ARJuly 23, 2016 21:15July 25, 2016 20:451d 23h9,12935K
10Union County, ARJuly 14, 2016 22:00July 20, 2016 01:455d 3h8,857221K
11Pulaski County, ARJuly 13, 2016 10:00July 14, 2016 00:4514h 45m8,70214K
12Pulaski County, AROctober 3, 2016 22:45October 5, 2016 08:301d 9h8,03827K
13Sebastian County, ARAugust 12, 2016 20:45August 13, 2016 20:451d7,64721K
14Hot Spring County, ARJuly 14, 2016 22:15July 18, 2016 22:304d7,582279K
15Pulaski County, ARJuly 10, 2016 17:45July 13, 2016 06:152d 12h6,93928K
16Pulaski County, ARAugust 7, 2016 19:45August 10, 2016 14:002d 18h6,92146K
17Pope County, ARJuly 14, 2016 21:30July 16, 2016 20:151d 22h6,73140K
18Pulaski County, ARApril 3, 2016 13:30April 3, 2016 18:154h 45m6,69215K
19Stone County, ARJanuary 18, 2016 07:00January 18, 2016 17:1510h 15m6,62946K
20Stone County, ARFebruary 3, 2016 21:00February 3, 2016 21:3030m6,6292,144
21Pulaski County, ARJuly 23, 2016 18:45July 27, 2016 05:303d 10h6,54052K
22Faulkner County, ARJuly 31, 2016 11:30August 1, 2016 07:4520h 15m6,10111K
23Pulaski County, ARJuly 30, 2016 13:45August 1, 2016 23:452d 10h6,07546K
24Independence County, ARJune 11, 2016 20:45June 12, 2016 07:3010h 45m5,9582,900
25Garland County, ARApril 29, 2016 11:45May 2, 2016 03:152d 15h5,95574K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Arkansas's electricity customers in 2016; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Arkansas by year:2025202420232022202120202019201820172015
Other states in 2016:NCWVSCVAMEFLLAGA

Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.