Nevada County, Arkansas Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Nevada County, Arkansas had 22 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 2.67 times the US outage time per person and 2.17 times the Arkansas rate. It ranks 16 of 72 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

2.4major outages per year

7 of 9years with a major outage

70 hrslongest major outage

Apr, Febhardest months

April and February made up 57% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Apr 13, 2020, reached 1,989 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 70.5 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.

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Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	72,222	53	3
2016	23,798	23	1
2017	6,403	10	0
2018	3,025	4	0
2019	51,990	10	5
2020	122,196	18	4
2021	28,207	18	2
2022	36,774	30	3
2023	126,350	20	4

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	70.5	1,989	91,627
Feb 2, 2023	49.5	2,293	77,146
Jun 20, 2019	34.8	720	22,830
Feb 16, 2015	30.2	1,307	19,295
Feb 4, 2023	20.8	998	16,806

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.