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Data Update: Major Electrical Infrastructure Update

The Arkansas GIS Office is pleased to announce that we have published updates to several datasets within the Utilities category of the Arkansas Spatial Data Infrastructure (ASDI). These updates in some cases replace previous datasets not currently under maintenance with datasets sourced from entities that have more current versions of that particular dataset available.  Please read […]

Arkansas Oil and Gas Wells

Arkansas Oil and Gas Wells The Arkansas GIS Office is pleased to announce an Arkansas Oil and Gas Wells data update. This dataset represents the location and description of oil and gas wells within the State of Arkansas that have been mapped. Unmapped Wells are not defined in this dataset and are available in the original […]

Election Precincts Update

The Arkansas GIS Office is pleased to announce revisions to election precincts that were recently adopted by the County Board of Election Commissioners (CBEC) in Franklin, Garland, and Pulaski Counties in accordance with A.C.A. § 7-5-101.  Additionally, and minor geometry correction was made to align the Waldenburg Precinct with the Municipal boundary for the City […]

ADEQ – Permit Sites and Facilities Update

On behalf of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), the Arkansas GIS Office is pleased to announce an update to the ADEQ’s Environmental Facilities and Environmental Permit Site Datasets. The purpose of these datasets are to provide a cartographic representation of the facility and permit locations stored in the ADEQ Facility and Permit Summary […]

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 Highfill 2024 2020-20 Enclave Yes Lowell 2024 1144 CC 2024-04 100% Yes Pea Ridge 2024 846 CC 2024-06 100% Yes Pleasant […]

Municipal Boundaries and Wards Update

The Arkansas GIS Office is pleased to announce that we have updated Municipal Boundaries and Municipal Wards in the table below. City Year Ordinance Court Order Type Ward Update Special Note Benton 2024 2 OF 1965 Geometry Correction Yes Benton 2024 15 of 2024 CC 2023-11 100% Yes Fort Smith 2024 33-24 CC 2023-5-G 100% […]

Data Update: School Districts and School Board Zones

The Arkansas GIS Office has published school district corrections for the Batesville, Cave City, Cedar Ridge, Midland and Southside Districts. These corrections were made possible by Independence County personnel. We would especially like to thank and recognize Susie Compton, Deputy Assessor in the Independence County Assessor Office and Tracey Mitchell, County Clerk in the Independence […]

ArcGIS Server software update

The Arkansas GIS Office will push put out a minor release update to the ArcGIS Server technology hosted at gis.arkansas.gov/arcgis/rest this evening between 7 and 8 o’clock 28 May 2024. We are upgrading from ArcGIS Server 10.6 to 10.6.1 in order to leverage the newest locator style sheet offered by our GIS Server vendor Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI). This new […]

Municipal Boundaries and Wards Update

The Arkansas GIS Office would like to welcome the Municipality of Diamondhead, Arkansas as a newly incorporated city!  This is the 501st Incorporated Municipality in Arkansas! City Year Date effective Ordinance County Court Order Type Altus 2024 3/20/2024 2024-2 CC 24-1 100% Benton 2024 3/28/2024 8 of 2024 CC 2024-1 100% Brinkley 2024 4/21/1992 92-10 CC-91-29 […]

Data Update: Address Points, Centerlines, & ZIP+4s

For the last several years, the Arkansas GIS Office has been heavily involved in facilitating Arkansas’s Next Generation 911 (NG911)  transition efforts. As a part of that process, one of the roles of Arkansas GIS Office has been to quality control the critical 911 data used in the NG911 system. It is that effort that provided the […]