Walkway Gravel for Pathways in Black Oak, AR

Arkansas Rock Supply offers gravel and aggregate delivery in Black Oak, AR, from SB-2 base to washed stone, sand and soil. The ground here is Delta clay and silt loam, so what you put on top of it matters as much as what you put in a path.

You order online by the ton or the yard, and a dump truck tips the load on your site.

Ground and Conditions in Black Oak

Across the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, the ground runs to deep silt loam, silty clay and heavy clay. Flat land, a high water table and clay that barely takes water mean rain stands where it falls.

A thin layer of loose stone over that clay shows its failure fast. The edges spread, the surface ruts, and the path turns into a strip of mud that never firms up.

The fix is a compacted base that carries the load instead of sinking into the subgrade. SB-2 base is the Arkansas answer: a dense-graded 1 1/2 inch minus crushed stone with the fines left in so it locks up under a roller.

Where a written standard applies, the same material is specified as Class 7 aggregate base course. Engineers and cities write that name into street, sidewalk and parking specs.

Work runs all year here. Wet winter and spring ground is the real constraint, and the midsummer dry spell that shrinks and cracks the clay is the best window for base work.

Frost is shallow in this part of Arkansas, but saturated clay is the winter problem. A loaded truck will rut a drive deeply with no frost involved at all.

Materials for Black Oak Projects

Fines and screenings do the fine work on paths and walkways, and they are where most path projects should start. Screenings, also called limestone fines or crusher fines, bed pavers, flagstone and brick, fill the joints, and leave a tight walking surface.

For a path that needs to drain, a washed stone is the better call. 3/8" Crushed Stone is a fine washed size for pipe bedding, paver joints and a light top dressing over a compacted base.

Walkway Gravel is sized for garden paths, side yards and walkways that need a finer, walkable surface than a drive does.

3/8" Natural Pea Gravel suits walkways, play areas, dog runs and drainage. Arkansas yards usually get it in brown or beige, rounded and washed out of river gravel deposits.

Screenings and Mason Sand both work under pavers. Mason sand goes into brick, block and stone work and paver joints.

For drainage beside a path, #57 Limestone is the workhorse washed size in Arkansas. It goes into French drains, foundation and pipe drainage, and concrete aggregate.

In a wet Delta yard, a drainage layer under the path keeps the surface from pumping. That is where a clean stone earns its place rather than a fines-bearing material.

Delivery to Black Oak and the Surrounding Area

You choose a quantity by the ton or by the yard, and each product page has a calculator to size the load. Pick your delivery date at checkout, and a dump truck tips the material in one pile on site.

Black Oak sits in Craighead County, and delivery covers the surrounding area, including Jonesboro, Brookland, Bono, Bay and Lake City.

Have the drop spot clear and reachable before the truck arrives. The load comes off the bed in one pile, so a firm, open spot keeps the stone where you want it.

Order Gravel and Aggregate for Black Oak

Size your load with the calculator on each product page, then choose a delivery date at checkout. Arkansas Rock Supply delivers SB-2 base, screenings, washed stone, sand and soil to Black Oak and Craighead County.

Place your order online when you are ready.