When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Batesville, AR?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Independence County, Arkansas
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customer reported out in Independence, Arkansas · updated 6:45 PM CDT · utility data as of 6:54 PM CDT
Official restoration time (Entergy): ~1.5 hr from now
A small number of customers are reported out — too few for a live restoration estimate. past outages here typically ran ~2.4 hr, based on 198 similar past outages over 12 years of records.
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Showing County-wide data because we don't have Batesville-specific numbers right now — your neighborhood may be restored earlier or later.
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Utility informationOur restoration forecast
Official ETA, when the utility posts oneIndependent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first
Utility-reported status & customer countsConfidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring

How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Sep 3, 11,215 completed outages have been graded this way — typical (median) error 1.7 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 2.8 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.

Track current power outages in Batesville, Arkansas — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Batesville is a city in Independence County; when the serving utility's own outage map reports Batesville directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for Batesville

Batesville is a city of about 11,539 residents in Independence County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Batesville by name, so this page reports the Independence County county-wide view, which covers Batesville. If a serving utility does name Batesville during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

ZIP codes in Batesville: 72501 · 72503 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Batesville: the closest other places we track are Searcy, about 37 miles to the south; Jonesboro, about 53 miles to the east; Mountain Home, about 58 miles to the northwest; Cabot, about 59 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Paragould (65 mi E), Conway (68 mi SW), Jacksonville (68 mi SW), West Plains, MO (68 mi N), Forrest City (70 mi SE), Sherwood (71 mi SW), North Little Rock (77 mi SW), Maumelle (77 mi SW). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Rolla, MO (151 mi); northeast toward Poplar Bluff, MO (96 mi); east toward Kennett, MO (94 mi); southeast toward Marion (89 mi); south toward Pine Bluff (110 mi); southwest toward Little Rock (83 mi); west toward Harrison (90 mi); northwest toward Branson, MO (110 mi).

Who serves Batesville?

We track live outage data from Entergy in Independence County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.

Outage history — Independence County, AR (covers Batesville)
Last significant outage: Aug 29, 2026 — peaked at 2,248 customers, restored in ~3.2 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 5 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3.2 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 8, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Independence County, AR (covers Batesville)
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 398 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 3 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~2.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is shorter than the Arkansas norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~3.3 hr.
Largest on record: ~11,533 customers out in June 2018, restored after about 3.8 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2023.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Common questions

When will my power be back on in Batesville, AR?

It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Batesville area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.

How do I check the power outage status in Batesville, AR?

This page is a live power outage status check for the Batesville area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Batesville ZIP code — 72501, 72503 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.

How do I report a power outage in Batesville, AR?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Independence County include Entergy; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Does this page show Batesville specifically, or the whole county?

Right now, the Independence County county-wide view, which covers Batesville. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Batesville by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Batesville. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Searcy (37 mi S) is the closest place we track separately.

How accurate is the restoration estimate?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.

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Batesville, AR — live power outage tracker