Jefferson County, Arkansas Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Jefferson County, Arkansas had 49 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 3.30 times the US outage time per person and 2.69 times the Arkansas rate. It ranks 9 of 72 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

5.4major outages per year

9 of 9years with a major outage

93 hrslongest major outage

Apr, Febhardest months

April and February made up 64% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Apr 13, 2020, reached 24,409 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 71.8 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated Arkansas counties

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Outage impact by year

Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.

2015'152016'162017'172018'182019'192020'202021'212022'222023'23

Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	108,864	87	5
2016	326,830	84	3
2017	150,186	74	4
2018	99,934	88	2
2019	271,939	89	6
2020	2,282,279	106	7
2021	208,680	75	6
2022	242,557	137	8
2023	938,402	115	8

When outages hit

Share of this county's customer-hours by month.

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Largest outages on record

Start date	Hours	Peak customers	Customer-hours
Apr 13, 2020	71.8	24,409	1,474,074
Apr 16, 2020	92.8	14,639	600,502
Feb 2, 2023	42.2	12,448	385,173
Feb 4, 2023	70.2	6,607	245,813
Jul 14, 2016	28.0	11,260	172,579

Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.

Size your backup battery

Start with what you would keep running. Wattages are typical averages, so check your own appliances.

Phones, Wi-Fi, lights, about 60 WRefrigerator, about 60 WChest freezer, about 40 WGas furnace fan, about 160 W

Hours to cover: 24

1,700 Whof battery capacity, allowing for about 15% conversion loss

If anyone relies on medical equipment, plan that with their provider. Run portable fuel generators outdoors only, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. See the outage checklist.

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How to read this

A major outage lasted at least 8 hours and reached customers equal to at least 1% of county residents.
Records cover outages of at least 200 customers in a county. They do not show what happened on your street.
Utilities that do not report can make a county look better than it is. Data ends in 2023. Read the full method.