When will the power be back in Benton, AR?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Benton is a city of about 38,088 residents in Saline County.
Entergy has reported outages for Benton by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-16) — so when Benton is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Benton:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Benton: the closest other places we track are Bryant, about 5 miles to the northeast; Little Rock, about 16 miles to the northeast; Malvern, about 20 miles to the southwest; and Maumelle, about 21 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: North Little Rock (24 mi NE), Hot Springs (28 mi W), Sherwood (28 mi NE), Jacksonville (33 mi NE), Conway (35 mi N), Pine Bluff (40 mi SE), Cabot (41 mi NE) and Russellville (58 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Harrison (119 mi); northeast toward Searcy (66 mi); east toward Forrest City (105 mi); southeast toward Greenville, MS (120 mi); south toward Camden (72 mi); southwest toward Magnolia (97 mi); and northwest toward Fort Smith (115 mi).
Who serves Benton?
We track live outage data from Entergy and First Electric Cooperative ↗ in Saline County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Benton also serves parts of Saline County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Benton's last tracked outage began Sep 16, peaked at 53 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 16 — 53 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 26 — 153 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Aug 25 — 208 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 25 — 207 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of Saline County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.5 hr. The full record for Saline County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Benton, AR?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Benton's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Benton, AR?
To check your own street, search a Benton ZIP code — 72015, 72018, 72019 or 72158 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Benton specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Benton we have the city-level view: Entergy has published outages for Benton under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-16. When Benton is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Saline County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Benton.
