Arkansas Swamp Land Sales
8,600,000 acres - that's one-fourth - of all land in Arkansas was designated overflowed land or swampland. Every county in Arkansas has some of these lands. This land designated as Swamp Land was sold by the government and recorded in separate records.Swamplands patented to States since 1850: 7,686,575 acres.
USDA inventory of 1906: 5,912,300 acres.
USDA inventory of 1922: 4,220,000 acres.
Current FWS inventory: 3,748,800 acres.