When will the power be back in McAlester, OK?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
McAlester is a city of about 18,108 residents in Pittsburg County.
Public Service Co of Oklahoma has reported outages for McAlester by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when McAlester 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 McAlester:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around McAlester: the closest other places we track are Okmulgee, about 49 miles to the north; Ada, about 52 miles to the west; Muskogee, about 61 miles to the north; and Bixby, about 71 miles to the north. Also nearby: Glenpool (72 mi N), Coweta (72 mi N), Durant (73 mi SW), Shawnee (74 mi NW), Jenks (75 mi N), Broken Arrow (77 mi N), Sapulpa (77 mi N) and Tahlequah (82 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Tulsa (83 mi); northeast toward Van Buren, AR (88 mi); east toward Fort Smith, AR (85 mi); south toward Paris, TX (88 mi); southwest toward Ardmore (92 mi); west toward Norman (91 mi); and northwest toward Choctaw (93 mi).
Who serves McAlester?
We track live outage data from Public Service Co of Oklahoma, Kiamichi Electric Cooperative, Cookson Hills Electric Cooperative, Oklahoma Gas & Electric and 1 more in Pittsburg County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
McAlester's last tracked outage began Oct 1, peaked at 178 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 1 — 178 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 12 — 123 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 11 — 48 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Aug 27 — 27 customers out, restored in 5 hours
County context: across all of Pittsburg County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.3 hr. The full record for Pittsburg County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in McAlester, OK?
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 McAlester'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 McAlester, OK?
To check your own street, search a McAlester ZIP code — 74501 or 74502 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show McAlester specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for McAlester we have the city-level view: Public Service Co of Oklahoma has published outages for McAlester under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When McAlester is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Pittsburg County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes McAlester.
