When will the power be back in Van Buren, AR?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Van Buren is a city of about 24,396 residents in Crawford County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Van Buren by name, so this page reports the Crawford County county-wide view, which covers Van Buren. If a serving utility does name Van Buren during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Van Buren:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Van Buren: the closest other places we track are Fort Smith, about 7 miles to the south; Farmington, about 41 miles to the north; Fayetteville, about 44 miles to the north; and Springdale, about 52 miles to the north. Also nearby: Lowell (57 mi N); Rogers (61 mi N); Bentonville (63 mi N); Centerton (63 mi N); Russellville (70 mi E); Bella Vista (71 mi N); Coweta, OK (82 mi NW); and McAlester, OK (88 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Harrison (88 mi); east toward Conway (109 mi); southeast toward Hot Springs (99 mi); south toward Texarkana (141 mi); southwest toward Paris, TX (140 mi); west toward Bixby, OK (92 mi); and northwest toward Broken Arrow, OK (90 mi).
Who serves Van Buren?
We track live outage data from Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative Corp, Oklahoma Gas & Electric, Ozarks Electric Cooperative and SWEPCO in Crawford County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see AEP outages across every state it serves.
Van Buren's last tracked outage began Oct 1, peaked at 33 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 1 — 33 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 27 — 27 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
- Sep 11 — 634 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 9 — 25 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Crawford County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.3 hr. The full record for Crawford County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Van Buren, 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 Van Buren's own record: across the 6 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 Van Buren, AR?
To check your own street, search a Van Buren ZIP code — 72956 or 72957 — and the map opens on that area.
