For many years, in accordance with Arkansas Code §24-11-214, the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Lab at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, maintained maps of the fire districts in the state.  These were maintained for the Local Police & Fire Retirement System (LOPFI) and were used to estimate population within fire districts that participated in […]

The Arkansas GIS Office is pleased to announce that we have updated the SITUS Address Point File (APF) for the following Counties : Lawrence, Lee, Lincoln, Little River, Logan, Lonoke, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Union, and Washington.  As always we’d like to thank all those involved in the critical maintenance of these datasets. The APF data can be […]

The Arkansas GIS Office is pleased to announce that we have updated Municipal Boundaries and Municipal Wards based on the below. City Year Ordinance Court Order Type Ward Update Benton 2023 18 CC2023-1 100% Yes Elkins 2023 NA NA Geometry correction Yes Farmington 2023 NA NA Geometry correction Yes Fayetteville 2008 5089 UNK 14-40-204 (park […]

For many years the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Lab at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, maintained maps of the fire districts in the state.  These were maintained for the Local Police & Fire Retirement System (LOPFI) and used to estimate population within fire districts that participated in that retirement system.  The LOPFI system no […]

The Arkansas GIS Office is pleased to announce that we have published Parcel Polygons and Centroids for Searcy County, Arkansas to the Arkansas Spatial Data Infrastructure. We’d like to offer a special thank you to former Searcy County Judge Jim Harness, the Quorum Court and Searcy County Assessor Randy Crumley whose support was instrumental in the […]

In 2008, a handful of counties had developed situs address points, and more were exploring the idea of positioning coordinates at physical addresses. The primary driver for this data was the need to efficiently locate and direct 9-1-1 emergency service response. A coordinate positioned at an address was far superior to a road centerline range […]