Parcel Desk · No. 1 · A buyer's find
20 acres in Clark County, Arkansas for $32,000
Near Gurdon, Clark County, Arkansas · Published November 4, 2026
Asking price and acreage from the public listing on LandWatch, read November 4, 2026. Listings change and sell; check the original listing on LandWatch for today's price.
Yes, this one holds up. Water is the strongest part of the score, the ground is flat, and the season is long. The catch is underfoot and out front: the soil stays wet, which means a pricier septic system, and the nearest road on the Census Bureau's map is about a mile from the listing's pin.
What our data says
Water: PRISM's 1991-2020 normals put about 56 inches of rain a year on this spot. USGS records 47 wells nearby, and the typical one is about 58 feet deep. The National Hydrography Dataset maps a stream within a mile.
Septic: USDA's soil survey maps Gurdon silt loam at the pin, somewhat poorly drained, so the ground stays wet for long stretches. A standard septic field probably won't pass. Expect an alternative system such as a raised mound, which our cost table puts at about $10,000 to $18,000 in Arkansas.
Ground and growing: The slope at the pin is under 1%. Our frost readings give about 227 days between the last spring frost and the first fall frost, late March to early November. The soil is acidic (pH 4.8), so a garden will want lime. FEMA maps no high-risk flood zone at the pin, and the Forest Service rates the wildfire hazard moderate.
Check this first
How you get in: The Census Bureau's road map shows nothing closer to the listing's pin than a local road about a mile away, not even a mapped private road or track. The pin may sit deep in the tract, or the way in may be a logging road. Before you offer, ask for the recorded access: frontage on a county road, or a written easement. A title company can confirm which one you would be buying.
What we could not know from public data
- Whether the soil passes a septic test. USDA maps a wetter soil and a better-drained one within about 500 feet of the pin, so where the drain field goes matters. A Designated Representative certified by the Arkansas Department of Health does that test.
- Whether a well here finds water near 58 feet. That figure is the middle of the USGS records nearby, not a test of this ground.
- Whether wired internet reaches the land. The FCC map shows service near the pin, not at it.
- Whether Clark County zones this land. Arkansas leaves zoning to each county, and we have no zoning map for Clark County.
How it compares
This parcel's 92 is above the typical parcel in Clark County (87) and above the typical one in Arkansas (91), in our survey of private rural land.
Every reading for the county is on the Clark County off-grid score page. See how Arkansas's counties compare on the Arkansas county scores, and every state on Best States.
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