Editing Ashley County, Arkansas (section)

==Infrastructure==
===Aviation===
The county contains one public owned/public use airport: [[Z. M. Jack Stell Field]], a small, rural airport east of Crossett with over 16,000 annual operations, almost entirely agricultural spraying operations.<ref>{{FAA-airport|ID=CRT|use=PU|own=PU|site=00860.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective December 30, 2021.</ref> Ashley County also contains five private airfields in the eastern part of the county.<ref name="ash" />

===Major highways===
[[File:Hamburg, AR 001.jpg|thumb|right|US 82/US 425/AR 8 overlap as Main Street in Hamburg]]
Ashley County is not served by any Interstate highways; the nearest access to the Interstate system is [[Interstate 20]] (I-20) in [[Monroe, Louisiana]]. The county serves as a junction point for several US highways: [[U.S. Route 82 in Arkansas|US Highway&nbsp;82]] (US&nbsp;82) crosses the county from west to east. This highway runs across South Arkansas, providing access to population centers including [[El Dorado, Arkansas|El Dorado]], [[Magnolia, Arkansas|Magnolia]], and [[Texarkana, Arkansas|Texarkana]]. The highway also has two [[special route]]s in Ashley County: a [[Special routes of U.S. Route 82#Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge spur|spur route to Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge]] and [[Special routes of U.S. Route 82#Montrose business route|business route in Montrose]]. [[U.S. Route 165 in Arkansas|US&nbsp;165]] and [[U.S. Route 425 in Arkansas|US&nbsp;425]] cross the county from south to north, both run south into Louisiana, with the former running north through the Arkansas Delta to [[North Little Rock, Arkansas|North Little Rock]] and the latter providing northbound connections to [[Monticello, Arkansas|Monticello]] and [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas|Pine Bluff]].<ref name="ahtd">{{Cite map|author=|publisher=[[Arkansas Department of Transportation]]|title=Highway Map of Arkansas|oclc=1007852347|scale=1:835,000|url=https://www.ardot.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2017-2019.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023002340/https://www.ardot.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2017-2019.pdf|archive-date=October 23, 2021|url-status=live|location=Little Rock|format=PDF|year=2017–2019|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref>

Eleven [[List of state highways in Arkansas|state highway]] designations serve the traveling public in the county, ranging from short connector routes to long highways traversing the entire county.{{#tag:ref|Including unsigned state highway designations [[Arkansas Highway 890|Highway 890]] and [[Arkansas Highway 902|Highway 902]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.ardot.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Road-Log-Database.zip |title = Arkansas Road Log Database |author = Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |year = 2015 |publisher = Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |format = MDB |access-date = March 27, 2016 }}</ref>|group=Note}} [[Arkansas Highway 8|Highway&nbsp;8]] east-west across the southern part of the state, entering Ashley County from [[Warren, Arkansas|Warren]], passing through from northwest to southeast through Hamburg, and exiting Ashley County running east to [[Eudora, Arkansas|Eudora]]. [[Arkansas Highway 133|Highway 133]] serves north–south traffic around Crossett. [[Arkansas Highway 144|Highway&nbsp;144]], two segments of [[Arkansas Highway 160|Highway&nbsp;160]], and three segments of [[Arkansas Highway 52|Highway 52]] provide east–west connectivity. [[Arkansas Highway 169|Highway&nbsp;169]] and [[Arkansas Highway 189|Highway&nbsp;189]] connect rural areas to Crossett and Hamburg, respectively. [[Arkansas Highway 173|Highway 173]] connects Overflow NWR to the state highway system. [[Arkansas Highway 209|Highway 209]] is a minor route in Parkdale.<ref name="ash">{{Cite map |author= Planning and Research Division |sections= |publisher= Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |title= General Highway Map, Ashley County, Arkansas |location= Little Rock |url=https://www.ardot.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AshleyCounty.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822101908/https://www.ardot.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AshleyCounty.pdf |archive-date=August 22, 2021 |url-status=live |orig-year=October 16, 2007 |date=October 29, 2008 |edition=Revised |scale= 1:62,500 |oclc=908860309 |access-date= November 28, 2021 }}</ref>

===Utilities===
{{See also|List of public utilities in Arkansas}}
The Ashley-Chicot Electric Cooperative, based in Hamburg, is a non-profit electric [[utility cooperative]] serving the rural areas of Ashley County with electric service, as well as parts of adjacent counties. [[Entergy|Entergy Arkansas]] provides electricity for the cities of Hamburg and Crossett and nearby populated outlying areas, and to the small communities along US&nbsp;165.<ref>{{ cite map |title=Electric Utility Service Territories (polygon) |date= October 16, 2014 |orig-year=June 5, 2009 |edition= Update |url= http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgis.arkansas.gov%2Farcgis%2Frest%2Fservices%2FFEATURESERVICES%2FUtilities%2FFeatureServer%2F11&source=sd |publisher= Arkansas GIS Office |access-date= April 7, 2019 }}</ref>

The [[Arkansas Department of Health]] (ADH) is responsible for the regulation and oversight of public water systems throughout the state. Ten community water systems are based in Ashley County: the Crossett Water Commission, Fountain Hill Waterworks, Hamburg Waterworks, Montrose/Boydell Water System, North Crossett Utilities, Northeast Crossett Water Association, Parkdale Waterworks, Portland Waterworks, Wilmot Waterworks, and the West Ashley County Water Association. All use [[groundwater]] as the source.{{#tag:ref|Northeast Crossett purchases from North Crossett<ref>{{cite web |publisher= Arkansas Department of Health |year= 2017 |title= Northeast Crossett Water Association Annual Drinking Water Quality Report |url= http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/2017/023.pdf |work= Consumer Confidence Report |location= Little Rock |access-date= April 7, 2019 }}</ref> and West Ashley County purchases from the Crossett Water Commission.<ref>{{cite web |publisher= Arkansas Department of Health |year= 2017 |title= West Ashley County Water Association Annual Drinking Water Quality Report |url= http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/2017/878.pdf |work= Consumer Confidence Report |location= Little Rock |access-date= April 7, 2019 }}</ref>|group=Note}} The Crossett Water Commission has the largest direct retail population served (8,038, all in Ashley County), followed by Hamburg (5,481), and North Crossett Utilities (2,924). The remaining water systems have under 1,000 retail population served.<ref>{{cite web |title= Community Water System Data |publisher= Arkansas Department of Health, Engineering Section |location= Little Rock |url= http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/autoupdates/data.xls |access-date= April 7, 2019 }}</ref>