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Ark. Code Ann. § 12-80-103

Seismic zones established

Acts 1991, No. 1100, § 3; 1999, No. 1485, § 2; 2005, No. 1290, § 1.

(1) Areas within the boundaries of this state shall be divided into zones of anticipated damage that will occur in various locations with respect to the New Madrid Seismic Zone.

(2) This division will be based on the Arkansas Fire Prevention Code.

(3) Zone 3, the area of greatest anticipated seismic damage, shall include the following counties: Clay, Greene, Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett, Cross, Crittenden, St. Francis, Randolph, Lawrence, Jackson, Woodruff, and Lee.

(4) Zone 2, the area of moderate anticipated seismic damage, shall include the following counties: Sharp, Independence, White, Lonoke, Prairie, Arkansas, Monroe, Phillips, Fulton, Izard, Stone, and Cleburne.

(5) Zone 1, the area of low anticipated seismic damage, shall include all remaining counties within the boundaries of this state.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.