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Data Update: Levee Districts

The Arkansas GIS Office is pleased to announce the addition of the Southeast Arkansas Levee District to the statewide levee district jurisdiction boundaries. The Southeast Arkansas Levee District was created by Act 83 of 1917 of the State of Arkansas and amendments thereto. Included within the District are parts of the former Linwood and Auburn […]

Data Update: Municipal Boundaries and Wards

The Arkansas GIS Office is pleased to announce that we have updated Municipal Boundaries and Municipal Wards for the Municipalities listed in the table below.    *Please note for the cities of Batesville, Danville, Humphrey, and Mountain Home only the municipal wards are revised.  City Year Ordinance Court Order Type Ward Update Special Note Avoca […]

Data Update: Election Precincts, Izard and Pulaski Counties

The Arkansas GIS office has posted an update for the Election Precincts for Izard and Pulaski County.    County Changes Edit Date Notes Izard Precinct changes in select areas of the county to align with other units of election geography such as Justice of Peace Districts and municipal wards in the City of Horseshoe […]

Data Update: 2024 and 2026 Impaired Waters Lists

The Arkansas GIS Office on behalf of the Environmental Quality Division of the Department of Energy and Environment has published 17 datasets covering Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act  listing’s of Impaired Streams and Lakes in Arkansas for the 2024 and 2026 reporting periods. These datasets are in addition to the 2018, 2020, and […]

Data Update: Townships Political Divisions

The Arkansas GIS Office has published a revised version of Township Political Divisions for Searcy and Conway Counties based on County Court Orders. The office would like to thank County Judge Tony Horton and County Clerk Cassie Ward from Searcy County and Judge Jimmy Hart and County Clerk Kathy Kordsmeier from Conway County for their […]

Election Precincts: Conway County Update

The Arkansas GIS office has posted an update for the Election Precincts in Conway County. County Changes Edit Date Notes Conway Precinct changes to align with the municipal wards of Morrilton, and annexations to the cities of Menifee and Oppelo 6/16/2026 CBEC Order  adopted on 6/11/2026 The updated statewide layer is available through the Arkansas […]

Municipal Boundaries and Wards Update

The Arkansas GIS Office is pleased to announce that we have updated Municipal Boundaries and Municipal Wards for the Municipalities listed in the table below. City Year Ordinance Court Order Type Ward Update Special Note Briarcliff 2026 Wards Only Jacksonville 2026 Wards Only Lockesburg 1998 Wards Only Summit 1978 Wards Only Benton 2026 6 of 2026 […]

Election Precincts: Marion County Update

The Arkansas GIS Office is pleased to announce that we have published updates to the Election Precincts dataset for Marion County.   County Changes Edit Date Notes Marion Precinct changes countywide to align with other units of election geography. 6/11/2026 CBEC Order CO-2026- adopted on 5/27/2026   The updated statewide layer is available through the Arkansas […]

Data Update: Labor Force DWS

The Arkansas GIS Office has processed an update to the Labor Force DWS dataset available on gis.arkansas.gov at https://gis.arkansas.gov/product/labor-force-dws/ The National Unemployment Rate and Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) is a BLS program produced as a state and federal partnership. These are monthly unemployment numbers produced for the US, states, counties, large cities, and Metropolitan Statistical Areas […]

Election Precincts: Woodruff County Update

The Arkansas GIS Office is pleased to announce that we have published updates to the Election Precincts dataset for Woodruff County.   County Changes Edit Date Notes Woodruff Precinct changes countywide to align with other units of election geography.  Precinct names were abandoned and instead use a three-digit numeric code that provides logical consistency and […]