Bulk Material Delivery in Amity, AR

Storm water off the ridges reaches Amity fast, and it arrives from above rather than falling where it lands. Arkansas Rock Supply delivers gravel and aggregate in Amity, AR for the places that flow hits: drive cuts, swales, culverts and creek banks.

Start with SB-2 base for a pad or drive. Then armor the water's path with coarse stone sized to slow it down.

Materials for Amity Projects

Coarse stone does the heavy work on slopes, swales and banks. Build the fine surface afterward.

Size the stone to the water it has to take.

RipRap is the biggest size available and the one to reach for when a bank or slope has to hold. It goes on creek banks, culvert outlets and ditch checks.

Broken sandstone, limestone or syenite, all angular.

#4 Crushed Stone handles trench bottoms and soft ground that needs stabilizing before anything else goes down. Heavy drainage, construction entrances, and a base for wet spots.

#57 Limestone is the washed workhorse. French drains, foundation and pipe drainage, and a clean top over a compacted base.

No fines, so water moves through it.

3/4" Crushed Stone is the same clean idea one size down. Drainage beds, construction entrances and drive surfacing where a washed stone is wanted.

SB-2 Base ties the whole job together. A dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in, so it locks up under a roller.

Driveways, parking pads, shed and building pads, and pipe bedding. Cities and engineers here often write the same material into their standards as Class 7 base, so use that name when you are working to a written spec.

Finer material finishes the job. Screenings bed pavers, flagstone and brick, fill joints and give a tight walking surface.

Washed sand and mason sand cover bedding and mortar work.

Delivery to Amity and the Surrounding Area

Order online and pick your delivery date at checkout. Choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and use the calculator on each product page if you want to size the load first.

Delivery covers Amity and the rest of Clark County, including Arkadelphia, Gurdon, Okolona and Alpine. A dump truck tips your material in one pile at the address you give.

Ground and Conditions in Amity

You can work here year round. Winter ice and a wet spring are the limits, not a long frozen season.

Once the ground drains, it compacts well and holds.

The ground itself is stony, gravelly loam over folded sandstone, shale, chert and novaculite, with rock fragments through the profile. Soils run shallow on the long east west ridges and deeper in the valleys between them.

That ground sheds water off the ridges quickly and funnels it into narrow valleys. Your drive or pad takes concentrated flow arriving from above, not just the rain that lands on it.

Steep drive cuts lose surfacing after a big storm.

North facing slopes hold frost longest and thaw wet. That is when a gravel drive ruts most easily, so build the base before the surface.

No statewide frost depth figure is published. Arkansas residential code has each jurisdiction set the frost line and requires exterior footings at least 12 inches below undisturbed ground.

Rock is often close enough to the surface here that bearing, not frost, sets the footing.

Questions from Amity Buyers

What stone should I use for drainage in Amity?

Match the stone to the water. RipRap armors banks, slopes and culvert outlets where flow is heaviest.

#4 Crushed Stone stabilizes trench bottoms and soft ground. For French drains, foundation drains and pipe runs, #57 Limestone is the washed size that lets water move.

Use 3/4 inch clean where you want a slightly finer clean stone. Keep fines-bearing material out of a drainage layer.

What should I have ready when the truck arrives?

Clear the path so the truck can reach the spot, and know where you want the pile. The driver tips the load in one pile and does not spread it, so pick a spot you can work from.

Have your base area marked out and your quantities settled before the date you chose at checkout.

Order Bulk Stone for Amity

Arkansas Rock Supply delivers bulk gravel, stone, sand and soil across Amity and Clark County. RipRap for banks, #57 for drains, SB-2 base for drives and pads.

Pick your material, choose the quantity, and set your delivery date online.