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Arkansas

Land ownership

Federal land represents 9.4% of all land in Arkansas.

2 energy or mineral commodities were produced on federal land in Arkansas in calendar year 2018.

1 commodity was withheld in 2018.

Production on federal land in Arkansas resulted in $2,507,486 in calendar year 2019 revenue.


Revenue from federal land resulted in $854,119 disbursed from the federal government to Arkansas in fiscal year 2019.


Production

The Office of Natural Resources Revenue collects detailed data about natural resource production on federal land in Arkansas.

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Gas

County production

Cleburne CountyColumbia CountyConway CountyCrawford CountyFaulkner CountyFranklin CountyJohnson CountyLogan CountyPope CountySebastian CountySharp CountyVan Buren CountyWhite CountyYell County
County production of gas in 2018 (mcf)
0 – 850k850k – 1.7m1.7m – 2.5m2.5m – 3.4m

Oil

County production

Columbia County
There is no county-level data for Arkansas in 2018.

Quartz Crystal

County production

Montgomery County
County production of quartz crystal in 2018 (lbs)
0 – 1.9k1.9k – 3.8k3.8k – 5.7k5.7k – 7.6k

Revenue

Companies pay a wide range of fees, rates, and taxes to extract natural resources in the United States. What companies pay to federal, state, and local governments often depends on who owns the natural resources.

Natural resource extraction can lead to federal revenue in two ways: non-tax revenue and tax revenue. Revenue data on this site primarily includes non-tax revenue from extractive industry activities on federal land.

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Revenue from production on federal land by resource

When companies extract natural resources on federal lands and waters , they pay royalties, rents, bonuses, and other fees, much like they would to any landowner . This non-tax revenue is collected and reported by the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR).

For details about the laws and policies that govern how rights are awarded to companies and what they pay to extract natural resources on federal land : coal, oil and gas, renewable resources, and hardrock minerals.

The federal government collects different kinds of fees at each phase of natural resource extraction . This chart shows how much federal revenue was collected in calendar year (CY)2019 for production or potential production of natural resources on federal land in Arkansas, broken down by phase of production.

Commodity1. Securing rights2. Before production3. During productionOther revenue
Oil and Gas
Oil & Gas
$2,507,781
$410
$56,478
Oil $8Gas $2,374,206NGL $63
$76,616
Other products
Hardrock minerals
($296)
$0
($400)
$71
$32
All commodities
All commodities
$2,507,486
$410
$56,078
$2,374,349
$76,648

Most non-tax revenue collected by ONRR comes from counties with significant natural resources on federal land.

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All commodities

’10’11’12’13’14’15’16’17’18’19$14 million
Companies paid $2,507,486 to produce natural resources on federal land in Arkansas in 2019.

Revenue collected by county

CleburneColumbiaConwayCrawfordFaulknerFranklinFultonJohnsonLoganPopeScottSebastianVan BurenWhiteYellGarlandMontgomeryCrossLafayetteLincolnMadisonOuachitaPerryPolkWashingtonJacksonNevadaStone
Revenue by county in 2019
$(240) to $260k$260k to $520k$520k to $780k$780k to $1m

Federal tax revenue

Individuals and corporations (specifically C-corporations) pay income taxes to the IRS. The federal corporate income tax rate tops out at 21%. Public policy provisions, such as tax expenditures, can decrease corporate income tax and other revenue payments in order to promote other policy goals.

Learn more about revenue from extraction on all lands and waters.

We don’t have detailed data about federal, state, or local revenue from natural resource extraction on land owned by Arkansas, corporations, or individuals. However, companies generally must pay state and local taxes.

Disbursements

After collecting revenue from natural resource extraction, the Office of Natural Resources Revenue distributes that money to different agencies, funds, and local governments for public use. This process is called “disbursement.”

Most federal revenue disbursements go into national funds. For detailed data about which expenditures and projects from those national funds are in Arkansas, see nationwide federal disbursements.

ONRR also disburses some revenue from natural resource extraction to state governments. In 2019, ONRR disbursed $854,119 to Arkansas.

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We don’t have detailed data about how states or local governments distribute revenue from natural resource extraction.