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2020 PL94-171 Census Block GIS Publication for Arkansas

After several months delay due in large part to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Census Redistricting Data files (PL 94-171) were released to the public on August 12, 2021.  (More information from the U.S. Census Bureau about this release can be found HERE.)  The files were published in their legacy format which mirrored the data structure […]

New Fields Added to Election Precincts Data

The Arkansas GIS Office is pleased to announce we have added two new fields to our Elections Precincts data. The new VTDST fields correlate with the 2010 and 2020 Census VTD file that is included in the PL 94-171 Redistricting Data Summary Files. We hope that the addition of these fields will help to facilitate […]

2020 Census Total Population – Municipal and County Boundaries

We updated the total population fields in our Municipal and County Boundary layers based on Census field ‘P0010001’ in the recently released 2020 Decennial Census P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data. County Boundary – this file now contains total population from the 1900 to 2020 decennial censuses ‘POPxxxx’. Municipal Boundary* – the 2020 Census total population per […]

Municipal Boundaries and Wards Update

The Arkansas GIS Office is pleased to announce we have updated Municipal Boundaries and Municipal Wards based on the below. City Year Ordinance Court Order Type Ward Update Alma NA NA NA Added Wards to Platform YES Bentonville 2021 2021-128 2021-17 100% YES Bentonville 2021 2021-129 2021-18 100% YES Dyer NA NA NA Added Wards […]

Server Maintenance Scheduled 7/24/2021 7:00PM

The Arkansas GIS Office will be conducting maintenance on Saturday, July 24th at 7 pm to the server that hosts gis.arkansas.gov, surveyor.arkansas.gov, speedtest.arkansas.gov, and plat(s).arkansas.gov. The downtime is not expected to last more than 30 minutes. This maintenance window will test and  implement several enhancements to the platform that were discussed in our  May 11th, 2021 […]

Municipal Boundaries and Wards Update

The Arkansas GIS Office is pleased to announce we have updated Municipal Boundaries and Municipal Wards based on the below. City Year Ordinance Court Order Type Ward Update Benton NA NA NA Added Wards to Platform Yes Brookland 2021 Res 2020-13 2020-2 Majority Yes Bryant NA NA NA Added Wards to Platform Yes Fayetteville 2021 […]

School Board Zones Updates

The Arkansas GIS Office is pleased to announce that we have added School Boards Zones for Earl School District in Cross and Crittenden Counties. Users can download School Board Zones here. Users can also view this data on our Map Viewer here.

Address Points, Road Centerlines, ZIP+4 & Address Locator Updates

The Arkansas GIS Office is pleased to announce that we have updated the SITUS Address Point File (APF) and the Arkansas Centerline File (ACF) on the Arkansas Spatial Data Infrastructure (ASDI) for the following Counties: Columbia, Hot Spring, & Pike. As always we’d like to thank all those involved in the critical  maintenance of these datasets. The […]

Dollarway to Pine Bluff School District Annexation

We have updated our Public School Districts data to merge Dollarway School District into Pine Bluff School District based on the below December 10th, 2020 Order of Annexation with an effective date of July 1st, 2021. Link to the Order of Annexation is here. Users can download the updated data here or view online here.     […]

Data Updates: AOGC & AGFC

The Arkansas GIS office is pleased to announce that we have updated the below datasets on the Arkansas Spatial Data Infrastructure (ASDI) on behalf of the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission and the Arkansas Oil & Gas Commission. As always we’d like to extend our thanks to each organization for their hardwork maintaining these datasets. Please note […]