Power outages in Sebastian County, AR

Live outage counts for Fort Smith, Greenwood and Barling and the rest of Sebastian County, updated every 10 minutes from SWEPCO and OG&E.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages
iNormal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.
fewer than 5customers without power
iA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.
iUtilities hide very small outages for privacy and publish them only as "fewer than 5". Where many of these add up, we show an estimate ("about …").
<0.01% of 54,248 customersUpdated 7 min ago
iWe check every utility's outage data every 10 minutes. Each utility updates its own map on its own schedule, usually every 5 to 15 minutes.
SWEPCOfewer than 5 / 5,511
OG&E0 / 48,737
Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corpno live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Also serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
. Check its own outage map.

Outage map

Outage locations not published
County outlineSWEPCO and OG&E publish totals only, not outage locations.
iSome utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.

Outages by ZIP code

1 of 14 ZIP codes have outages
ZIPAreaOutCustomers
iA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.
% out
iCustomers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
72936Greenwoodfewer than 52,6320.08%
72901Fort Smith012,9140.00%
72903Fort Smith014,5920.00%
72904Fort Smith08,8640.00%
72905Unincorporated area010.00%
72908Fort Smith04,7120.00%
72916Fort Smith / Bonanza02,3120.00%
72923Barling / Fort Smith03,3120.00%
72937Hackett06230.00%
72938Hartford04390.00%
72940Huntington06920.00%
72941Barling / Lavaca02,2080.00%
72944Mansfield09410.00%
72945Midland01950.00%

Cities and towns

Utility counts by mailing city
iUtilities group outages by the city in each customer's mailing address. A city's count can include nearby areas outside its city limits, and only covers that utility's customers.
CityOutCustomers
iA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.
% out
iCustomers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
Fort Smith043,4190.00%
Barling02,7940.00%
Lavaca01,9210.00%
Central City02640.00%

Outage history in Sebastian County

2014–2025 record

Sebastian County averaged 20 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most Arkansas counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 23. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 12 hours, starting May 20, 2025.

The largest on record began May 18, 2019, with 16,877 customers out at once.

20significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.
1.5 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
2.8 dayslongest on record (July 2016)
16,877most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
May 18, 201916,8772.1 days229,156
July 14, 201615,3172.8 days275,707
July 14, 202315,02133 hours167,205
May 4, 202114,2502.6 days308,801
January 25, 202312,3012 days262,203

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.

If your power is out

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Food safety

  • 0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
  • 4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
  • 24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
  • 48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.

Generators, heat and cold

  • Run generators outside only, at least 20 feet from windows and doors. Never in a garage.
  • Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
  • Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.

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