Gravel, Stone and Soil for Benton County, AR
Order gravel, stone and aggregate delivery in Benton County, AR online and a dump truck tips it on site. Arkansas Rock Supply sells by the ton or the yard, and you pick a delivery date at checkout.
Start with SB-2 base. It is the dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in, and it is what most drives, pads and pipe bedding in this part of the Ozark Plateaus are built on.
Materials Delivered in Benton County
SB-2 base is the Arkansas base material. It locks up under a roller because the fines stay in the mix, which is why it works for driveways, parking pads, shed and building pads and pipe bedding.
Table 303-1 sets the aggregate base course gradings as Class 1 through Class 8, and Class 7 is the 1 1/2 inch dense grading sold as SB-2.
Class 7 base is the same material under the name cities and engineers write into street, sidewalk and parking standards. Reach for that name when you are working to a written spec.
Washed stone handles the water. Numbered sizes are normal here, and the smaller numbers belong in the details rather than the headline.
Add driveway gravel to surface an existing drive or top a compacted base, and rip rap for bank and slope armoring.
Delivery Across Benton County
Quantities are ordered by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator, and it is the fastest way to settle on a quantity before you check out.
Pick a delivery date at checkout and a dump truck tips the load in one pile on site. That covers Rogers, Bentonville, Bella Vista, Centerton, Siloam Springs, Lowell, Pea Ridge, Cave Springs, Gentry, Gravette, Decatur, Sulphur Springs, Garfield and Maysville.
Bulk loads are heavy, so plan where the pile lands before the truck arrives. Keep the spot clear and reachable, and leave room for the truck to turn around.
Ground Conditions Across Benton County
Ground across the Ozark Plateaus is cherty, acid clay loam over limestone and dolostone. Chert gravel runs right through the profile, and rock or rubble sits close to the surface on side slopes.
This is karst country. Sinkholes, springs, losing streams and caves sit under the plateau tops, so water leaves through the rock rather than across it.
That matters for a thin base. Runoff drops underground fast through fractured limestone, then the residual clay filling the joints holds water at the surface after a long rain.
A drive built over that soft, wet clay ruts and pumps. A compacted SB-2 base spreads the load instead of letting it punch through.
Steep hollow slopes and flashy streams scour drive shoulders, culvert outlets and creek banks in heavy spring rain. Rip rap armors the places where moving water pulls at bare ground.
Base, drive and patio work runs almost all year here. Winter cold snaps and a wet spring are the interruptions, and the late-summer dry spell is the easiest window to get real compaction.
This is the coldest corner of Arkansas. Freezes come in runs from December into February, and shallow freeze-thaw lifts loose gravel and heaves unbound surfaces before spring.
Ice storms are a bigger nuisance than deep frost.
No statewide frost depth is published. The Arkansas residential code has each jurisdiction set the frost line and requires exterior footings at least 12 inches below undisturbed ground.
Confirm the local figure before footings go in.
Choosing the Right Material
Carroll County sits on the same Ozark Plateaus ground as Benton County: cherty, acid clay loam over limestone and dolostone, with the same karst below. The base and drainage choices carry over unchanged.
Washington County and Madison County both span more than one ground region, reaching into the Boston Mountains alongside the Ozark Plateaus. Where the ground turns to Boston Mountains, expect steeper slopes and shallower soil over rock.
On that steeper, rockier ground, drainage and slope protection matter more than they do on a plateau top. Rip rap and clean washed stone handle moving water where a fines-bearing base would wash out.
On the plateau ground, SB-2 base is the starting point for drives and pads. Screenings bed pavers and flagstone, and washed sand beds and levels.
Order Gravel, Stone and Soil for Benton County
Pick your material, settle the quantity with the calculator on the product page, and choose a delivery date at checkout. Arkansas Rock Supply delivers bulk loads across Benton County.
Order online when you are ready.