TexarkanaBowie County
A Texarkana floor that passes under 1.0 x 109 ohms
Where a discharge can ignite an atmosphere rather than damage a component, the conductive band stops being a preference and becomes the requirement. Texarkana carries that kind of work: defense/munitions depot.
The static sensitive work in Texarkana
Processing and energetic materials work in and around Texarkana is where the conductive requirement comes from. Each operation names its source.
Red River Army Depot, 18 miles west of Texarkana in Bowie County
Red River Army Depot, 18 miles west of Texarkana in Bowie County (8 million sq ft, 3,500+ employees), is the Army's Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence for tactical wheeled vehicles and was awarded a robotic-labor manufacturing automation contract (Hadrian Automation) in March 2026.
The program standard applies directly
In a Texarkana hazardous processing area the floor is an ignition control, not a component protection measure, and that changes which band gets specified and why.
The document behind a Texarkana job
ANSI/ESD STM97.2-2016 is the one worth reading first for work like this. Measures body voltage on a person walking the floor in static control footwear. This is the test behind the under 100 volt limit.
Resistance is not the whole answer
A floor can sit inside its resistance band and still let a person build a charge as they walk. Resistance says where a charge can go. Walking voltage says how much gets generated in the first place. S20.20 wants both answered.
Questions from Texarkana
Is a conductive floor safe for people working on it?
Yes. The band has a lower bound as well as an upper one so that a person standing on the floor does not become the fastest route to ground. That is why the requirement is written as 2.5 x 104 to 1.0 x 106 ohms and not simply as low as possible[5].
How soon can you get to Texarkana?
Tell us the timing you are working against and we will give you a real date rather than a placeholder. Crews work Bowie County alongside the rest of the Texas schedule. Send the details.
Is Texarkana inside your normal service area?
Yes. Bowie County is covered on the regular Texas schedule, so a job here does not carry a travel premium the way a one off out of state trip would.
Sources
- ANSI/ESD STM7.1-2020, floor resistance test method for static control flooring
Floor systems resistive characterization: the test method for qualifying floor materials before installation and for accepting and monitoring them after installation.
www.esda.org - ESD Association: conductive or dissipative static control flooring, how to choose
Cited here for the static-dissipative flooring resistance band per the ESD Association.
www.esda.org - DESR 6055.09, DoD explosives safety rule requiring conductive flooring in AA&E areas
Explosives safety standards for DoD operations; makes CONDUCTIVE (not merely dissipative) flooring mandatory in ammunition load/assemble/pack, explosives processing, propellant casting.
www.denix.osd.mil - ESD TR53, compliance verification testing for ESD control items already in service
Technical report for compliance verification testing of ESD control items already in service; the document a facility's periodic floor-resistance recheck follows.
www.esda.org
Every number on this page came from one of those documents. Send us the room and we will tell you which of them your floor has to answer to.