When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Van Buren County, AR?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Arkansas
No significant county-wide outage reported in Van Buren County, AR right now.
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Elsewhere in Arkansas: 1,139 customers reported out — statewide status.
Updated 7:01 PM CDT.
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Who serves Van Buren County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Petit Jean Electric Cooperative Corp and Entergy, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Van Buren County, AR
Last significant outage: Oct 7, 2026 — peaked at 249 customers, restored in ~3.5 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 12 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 4.2 hr (median).
Every outage behind these figures (12)
BeganPeak outRestored inWeather
Oct 7, 2026249~3.5 hrno severe weather
Oct 6, 2026552~1.7 hrno severe weather
Oct 3, 2026552~2 hrno severe weather
Sep 21, 2026272~5.2 hrno severe weather
Sep 20, 2026227~42 minheat event
Sep 12, 2026955~9.2 hrheat event
Sep 7, 2026588~2 hrno severe weather
Aug 26, 2026637~4.8 hrwind/storm
Aug 24, 2026659~6.2 hrweather alert
Aug 22, 20261,080~8.7 hrwind/storm
Aug 21, 2026512~7.8 hrno severe weather
Aug 17, 2026426~48 minheat event
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 17, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term history: the federal outage records we use (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) hold only one outage of 200 or more customers, too few to describe a pattern for this county, so there is no longer-term figure to show here.

Communities covered

Communities in Van Buren County include Clinton, Fairfield Bay, Damascus, Shirley, Bee Branch and Dennard. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Van Buren County, AR — live power outage tracker