The slowdown in the energy industry has struck home in Montague County as certified property values, influenced by dropping mineral values, fell for 11 of the 14 taxing entities in the county.

Kim Haralson, chief appraiser for the Montague County Tax Appraisal District, said just as minerals have driven values upward each year during the last five years, their decline is having just as big of an impact. She considers it the biggest factor in determining this year’s values.

For 2015, the price per barrel of oil used to determine mineral values was set at $50 a barrel. The price had not been below $92 since 2011 when the price was $78.35.

Montague County had an overall decline of 4.02 percent for 2015, its first decline in values since 1997. See all the values and read the full story in the mid-week News.