It's a bird's-eye-view of the confluence of the Little Red River (darker blue) with the White River (lighter blue) near Graham Point in eastern White County. This color-infrared (CIR) aerial imagery is courtesy of Arkansas Geographic Information Office (AGIO) and United States Geological Survey (USGS).

For basic definitions and answers to questions about rural White County's flood-prone areas, flood maps, floodplain management, permitting requirements for building or developing in flood-prone areas, and White County's Flood Hazard Prevention Ordinance, click on one of the question category links to the right of this image.

Homeowners, land developers, lenders, insurers - all want to know: "Is this particular structure (or land parcel) located in the floodplain, or is it not in the floodplain?" This frequently asked question can be answered quickly and accurately using geographic information system (GIS) computer software. There is one catch, though. Structure locations and parcel boundaries must be available in digital computer files before they can be displayed on a computer screen. At present, we have around 4000 (of 50000 or so) White County parcel boundaries and more than 11,000 structure locations digitized and stored in computer files. Digitizing of parcels and structure locations is being done in cooperation with the Arkansas Geographic Information Office and the Arkansas Assessment Coordination Department through the County Assessor's Mapping Program (CAMP).

The one that caused this road damage happened in May of 2003. A dam broke and washed out a private road just northwest of Searcy. Two families living along the road were stranded as a result.