When will the power be back in Fort Smith, AR?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Fort Smith is a city of about 90,507 residents in Sebastian County.
SWEPCO has reported outages for Fort Smith by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Fort Smith 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 Fort Smith:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Fort Smith: the closest other places we track are Van Buren, about 7 miles to the north; Farmington, about 48 miles to the north; Fayetteville, about 51 miles to the north; and Tahlequah, OK, about 52 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Siloam Springs (58 mi N); Springdale (59 mi N); Muskogee, OK (62 mi NW); Lowell (64 mi N); Rogers (68 mi N); Russellville (70 mi E); Bentonville (70 mi N); and Centerton (70 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Pea Ridge (77 mi); northeast toward Harrison (93 mi); east toward Conway (109 mi); southeast toward Hot Springs (95 mi); south toward Texarkana, TX (132 mi); southwest toward Paris, TX (134 mi); west toward McAlester, OK (85 mi); and northwest toward Coweta, OK (84 mi).
Who serves Fort Smith?
We track live outage data from Oklahoma Gas & Electric, Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative Corp and SWEPCO in Sebastian 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.
Fort Smith's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 27 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 2 — 27 customers out, restored in an hour
- Oct 2 — 156 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 28 — 53 customers out, restored in 30 minutes
- Sep 27 — 741 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Sebastian County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.8 hr. The full record for Sebastian County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Fort Smith, 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 Fort Smith'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 Fort Smith, AR?
To check your own street, search a Fort Smith ZIP code — 72901, 72902, 72903, 72904, 72905, 72906 or any of the other 7 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Fort Smith specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Fort Smith we have the city-level view: SWEPCO has published outages for Fort Smith under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Fort Smith is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Sebastian County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Fort Smith.
