Data Description

This layer represents the administrative boundaries of alcoholic beverage wet and dry areas of Arkansas. The data includes the type of status of wet, dry, or exception, reflecting legacy county elections or statutory conditions. The geography reflects whole counties, legacy townships, cities and wards where the various elections have stipulated a regulatory condition associated with the manufacturing, and retail sale of alcoholic beverages. The geography also includes Arkansas State Parks, which have a wet condition established by Arkansas Code § 3-9-103.This data is updated following local option elections held during the November General Elections pursuant to petition, or updated following a municipal boundary change, wherein the municipal boundary controls the regulatory condition. Second and third level elections involving the public sale of liquor by the glass ARE NOT shown in this data.