When will the power be back in Van Buren, AR?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence 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 Aug 26, 9,590 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 1.8 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 3.1 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 Van Buren, Arkansas — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Van Buren is a city in Crawford County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Van Buren directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
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: 72956 · 72957 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; Tahlequah, OK, about 47 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Siloam Springs (52 mi N), Springdale (52 mi N), Lowell (57 mi N), Muskogee, OK (60 mi W), Rogers (61 mi N), Bentonville (63 mi N), Centerton (63 mi N), Russellville (70 mi E). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Pea Ridge (70 mi); northeast toward Branson, MO (103 mi); east toward Conway (109 mi); southeast toward Malvern (114 mi); south toward Texarkana, TX (139 mi); southwest toward McAlester, OK (88 mi); west toward Bixby, OK (92 mi); northwest toward Coweta, OK (82 mi).
Who serves Van Buren?
We track live outage data from Arkansas Valley Electric Coop Corp in Crawford 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.
Van Buren's last tracked outage began Aug 25, peaked at 44 customers out, and was restored in 35 minutes. Across the 3 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 6 hours.
- Aug 25 — 44 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
- Aug 17 — 45 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Aug 17 — 535 customers out, restored in 6 hours
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Van Buren, 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 Van Buren area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page. For context from Van Buren's own record: across the 3 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 6 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Van Buren, AR?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Van Buren 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 Van Buren ZIP code — 72956, 72957 — 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 Van Buren, AR?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Crawford County include Arkansas Valley Electric Coop Corp; 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 Van Buren specifically, or the whole county?
Right now, the Crawford County county-wide view, which covers Van Buren. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Van Buren by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Van Buren. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Fort Smith (7 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.
